diff --git a/lib/core/runCode.js b/lib/core/runCode.js
index 3a32606b..43bf4ea8 100644
--- a/lib/core/runCode.js
+++ b/lib/core/runCode.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*eslint no-unused-vars: off*/
 let Web3 = require('web3');
 let web3;
 let __mainContext;
diff --git a/lib/core/test_logger.js b/lib/core/test_logger.js
index 0d85baa0..e83c5e00 100644
--- a/lib/core/test_logger.js
+++ b/lib/core/test_logger.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-let colors = require('colors');
+require('colors');
 
 // TODO: just logFunction changes, probably doesn't need a whole new module just
 // for this
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/npm.js b/lib/pipeline/npm.js
index 6a7c3cfc..3bc41995 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/npm.js
+++ b/lib/pipeline/npm.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Npm {
 
         var download = function(url, dest, cb) {
           var file = o_fs.createWriteStream(dest);
-          var _request = (url.substring(0,5) === 'https' ? https : http).get(url, function(response) {
+          (url.substring(0,5) === 'https' ? https : http).get(url, function(response) {
             response.pipe(file);
             file.on('finish', function() {
               file.close(cb);  // close() is async, call cb after close completes.
diff --git a/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js b/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js
index 19f495a5..ef7a93eb 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*jshint esversion: 6, loopfunc: true */
 let fs = require('../core/fs.js');
 let async = require('async');
-var Plugins = require('../core/plugins.js');
+//var Plugins = require('../core/plugins.js');
 var utils = require('../utils/utils.js');
-var Npm = require('../pipeline/npm.js');
-let currentWeb3Version = require('../../package.json').dependencies.web3.replace("^","");
+//var Npm = require('../pipeline/npm.js');
+//let currentWeb3Version = require('../../package.json').dependencies.web3.replace("^","");
 const webpack = require("webpack");
 
 class Pipeline {
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ class Pipeline {
                         {
                           test: /\.css$/,
                           use: [
-                            { loader: "style-loader" },
-                            { loader: "css-loader" }
+                            {loader: "style-loader"},
+                            {loader: "css-loader"}
                           ]
                         }
                       ]
                     }
-                  }).run((err, stats) => {
+                  }).run((_err, _stats) => {
                     next();
                   });
                 },
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ class Pipeline {
                         {
                           test: /\.css$/,
                           use: [
-                            { loader: "style-loader" },
-                            { loader: "css-loader" }
+                            {loader: "style-loader"},
+                            {loader: "css-loader"}
                           ]
                         },
                         {
                           test: /\.scss$/,
                           use: [
-                            { loader: "style-loader" },
-                            { loader: "css-loader" }
+                            {loader: "style-loader"},
+                            {loader: "css-loader"}
                           ]
                         },
                         {
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ class Pipeline {
                         }
                       ]
                     }
-                  }).run((err, stats) => {
+                  }).run((_err, _stats) => {
                     next();
                   });
 
                 }
 
-              ], function(err, _result) {
+              ], function(_err, _result) {
                 let fileContent = fs.readFileSync('./.embark/' + file.filename).toString();
                 fileCb(null, {content: fileContent, filename: file.filename, path: file.path, modified: true});
               });
@@ -364,9 +364,6 @@ class Pipeline {
 //
           //}
 
-
-
-
           }
         },
         function (err, contentFiles) {
diff --git a/lib/upload/ipfs.js b/lib/upload/ipfs.js
index 86670bf5..8bf42c98 100644
--- a/lib/upload/ipfs.js
+++ b/lib/upload/ipfs.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class IPFS {
 
         return callback();
       }
-    ], function (err, result) {
+    ], function (err, _result) {
       if (err) {
         console.log("error uploading to ipfs".red);
         console.log(err);
diff --git a/lib/utils/utils.js b/lib/utils/utils.js
index bd447c8b..cae503f4 100644
--- a/lib/utils/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/*global exit */
 let path = require('path');
 let globule = require('globule');
 let merge = require('merge');