diff --git a/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes/base.nim b/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes/base.nim
index 47f46f4da..40aab3d79 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes/base.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/spec/datatypes/base.nim
@@ -30,18 +30,6 @@ type
   Gwei = uint64
   Ether = distinct uint64
 
-template ethAmountUnit(typ: type) {.dirty.} =
-  func `+`(x, y: typ): typ {.borrow.}
-  func `-`(x, y: typ): typ {.borrow.}
-  func `*`(x: typ, y: distinctBase(typ)): typ {.borrow.}
-  func `*`(x: distinctBase(typ), y: typ): typ {.borrow.}
-
-  func `div`(x, y: typ): distinctBase(typ) {.borrow.}
-
-  func `<`(x, y: typ): bool {.borrow.}
-
-ethAmountUnit Ether
-
 type
   Eth2Domain = array[32, byte]
 
diff --git a/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_ssz_serialization.nim b/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_ssz_serialization.nim
index 08be02a7f..47836f148 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_ssz_serialization.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_ssz_serialization.nim
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@ import
 
 export ssz_codec, ssz_serialization, eth2_merkleization
 
-proc readAndUpdateRoot(
-    data: openArray[byte], val: var auto, updateRoot = true
-) {.raises: [SszError].} =
-  readSszValue(data, val)
-  if updateRoot:
-    val.root = hash_tree_root(val.message)
-
 template readSszBytes*(
     data: openArray[byte], val: var auto, updateRoot: bool) =
   readSszValue(data, val)