diff --git a/dot/rpc/modules/author_test.go b/dot/rpc/modules/author_test.go
index 6c6a9a7774..ef4e1bf193 100644
--- a/dot/rpc/modules/author_test.go
+++ b/dot/rpc/modules/author_test.go
@@ -132,13 +132,10 @@ func TestAuthorModule_SubmitExtrinsic_invalid_input(t *testing.T) {
 	txQueue := state.NewTransactionState()
 	auth := setupAuthModule(t, txQueue)
 
-	fmt.Println("setupAuthModule")
-
 	// create and submit extrinsic
 	ext := Extrinsic{fmt.Sprintf("%x", "1")}
 
 	res := new(ExtrinsicHashResponse)
-	fmt.Println("SubmitExtrinsic")
 
 	err := auth.SubmitExtrinsic(nil, &ext, res)
 	require.EqualError(t, err, "could not byteify non 0x prefixed string")
diff --git a/dot/sync/syncer.go b/dot/sync/syncer.go
index a0e0b7dafa..c6e3b5cf5b 100644
--- a/dot/sync/syncer.go
+++ b/dot/sync/syncer.go
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ var logger = log.New("pkg", "sync")
 
 // Service deals with chain syncing by sending block request messages and watching for responses.
 type Service struct {
-	//codeHash common.Hash // cached hash of runtime code
-
 	// State interfaces
 	blockState         BlockState // retrieve our current head of chain from BlockState
 	storageState       StorageState