diff --git a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
index 04ce315f2..ebbe5d087 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/deploy_manager.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var async = require('async');
-var Web3 = require('web3');
 
 var Deploy = require('./deploy.js');
 var ContractsManager = require('./contracts.js');
diff --git a/lib/core/services_monitor.js b/lib/core/services_monitor.js
index f0f61b769..402eb1e7d 100644
--- a/lib/core/services_monitor.js
+++ b/lib/core/services_monitor.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-var Web3 = require('web3');
 var async = require('async');
-var http = require('http');
-var utils = require('./utils.js');
 
 // TODO: repeated, add this to an async extensions file
 function asyncEachObject(object, iterator, callback) {
@@ -35,9 +32,6 @@ ServicesMonitor.prototype.startMonitor = function() {
 
   async.eachObject(this.checkList, function(checkName, check, callback) {
     self.events.on('check:' + checkName, function(obj) {
-      //self.logger.info('checked ' + checkName);
-      //self.logger.info(JSON.stringify(obj));
-      //self.logger.info(JSON.stringify(self.checkState));
       self.checkState[checkName] = obj.name[obj.status];
       self.events.emit("servicesState", self.checkState);
     });
diff --git a/lib/core/test.js b/lib/core/test.js
index ac1b5e376..fe3b04063 100644
--- a/lib/core/test.js
+++ b/lib/core/test.js
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 var async = require('async');
 var Web3 = require('web3');
 
-var Embark = require('../index.js');
-
 var Engine = require('./engine.js');
-
-var ABIGenerator = require('../contracts/abi.js');
-var ContractsManager = require('../contracts/contracts.js');
-var Deploy = require('../contracts/deploy.js');
-
-var Config = require('./config.js');
 var RunCode = require('./runCode.js');
 var TestLogger = require('./test_logger.js');
 
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 91b671af3..6a71a03fb 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 var async = require('async');
 //require("./core/debug_util.js")(__filename, async);
 
-var Web3 = require('web3');
 var colors = require('colors');
 
 var Engine = require('./core/engine.js');