diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/db/pull_requests.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/db/pull_requests.clj
index 82cada4..14a31fa 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/db/pull_requests.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/db/pull_requests.clj
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
   (let [state (case (:state pull-request)
                 :opened 0
                 :merged 1
-                :closed 2
-                ;; allow for case of proper state already set
-                (:state pull-request))]
+                :closed 2)]
 
     (log/debug "save pr" (assoc pull-request :state state))
     (jdbc/with-db-connection [con-db *db*]
diff --git a/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj b/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj
index c9b95b1..71e491e 100644
--- a/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj/commiteth/eth/core.clj
@@ -184,20 +184,6 @@
   (eth-rpc {:method "eth_getTransactionReceipt"
             :params [hash]}))
 
-(defn get-transaction-by-hash
-  [hash]
-  (eth-rpc {:method "eth_getTransactionByHash"
-            :params [hash]}))
-
-(defn get-logs
-  [from-block address topics]
-  (eth-rpc {:method "eth_getLogs"
-            :params [{:address address
-                      :topics topics
-                      ;; a nil fromBlock will default to the current block
-                      ;; which is not useful for the current state of logging
-                      :fromBlock from-block}]}))
-
 (defn format-call-params
   [method-id & params]
   (let [params (join (map format-param params))]