diff --git a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.SupervisorStrategy.cs b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.SupervisorStrategy.cs
index eac8bf6516f..561292fb73d 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.SupervisorStrategy.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.SupervisorStrategy.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {
     public abstract partial class ActorBase
     {
-        private SupervisorStrategy _supervisorStrategy = null;
+        private SupervisorStrategy _supervisorStrategy;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a <see cref="SupervisorStrategy"/>.
diff --git a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.cs b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.cs
index b03af12ddfd..99394c85377 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorBase.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using Akka.Actor.Internal;
-using Akka.Dispatch.SysMsg;
 using Akka.Event;
 
 namespace Akka.Actor
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ protected ActorRef Sender
         ///     Gets the self ActorRef
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>Self ActorRef</value>
-        protected ActorRef Self { get { return HasBeenCleared?  _clearedSelf : Context.Self; } }
+        protected ActorRef Self { get { return HasBeenCleared ? _clearedSelf : Context.Self; } }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets the context.
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ internal protected virtual bool AroundReceive(Receive receive, object message)
         /// <summary>
         /// EmptyReceive is a Receive-delegate that matches no messages at all, ever.
         /// </summary>
-        protected static Receive EmptyReceive { get { return _=> false; } }
+        protected static Receive EmptyReceive { get { return _ => false; } }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Is called when a message isn't handled by the current behavior of the actor
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@ protected virtual void Unhandled(object message)
             Context.System.EventStream.Publish(new UnhandledMessage(message, Sender, Self));
         }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Changes the Actor's behavior to become the new <see cref="Actor.Receive"/> handler.
         /// This method acts upon the behavior stack as follows:
diff --git a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorRefProvider.cs b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorRefProvider.cs
index 475f1c91ed6..b305069cd95 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorRefProvider.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorRefProvider.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Akka.Actor.Internals;
 using Akka.Dispatch;
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ public interface ActorRefProvider
         /// <summary>Gets the settings.</summary>
         Settings Settings { get; }
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialization of an ActorRefProvider happens in two steps: first
         /// construction of the object with settings, eventStream, etc.
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ public interface ActorRefProvider
         /// <param name="path">A path returned by <see cref="TempPath"/>. Do NOT pass in any other path!</param>
         void UnregisterTempActor(ActorPath path);
 
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Actor factory with create-only semantics: will create an actor as
         /// described by <paramref name="props"/> with the given <paramref name="supervisor"/> and <paramref name="path"/> (may be different
diff --git a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ChildrenContainer/Internal/ChildrenContainerBase.cs b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ChildrenContainer/Internal/ChildrenContainerBase.cs
index 7656b40fcf9..3be5d992702 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka/Actor/ChildrenContainer/Internal/ChildrenContainerBase.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka/Actor/ChildrenContainer/Internal/ChildrenContainerBase.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Akka.Util.Internal.Collections;
@@ -23,41 +22,37 @@ protected ChildrenContainerBase(IImmutableMap<string, ChildStats> children)
         public abstract ChildrenContainer ShallDie(ActorRef actor);
         public abstract ChildrenContainer Unreserve(string name);
 
-        public  IReadOnlyList<InternalActorRef> Children
+        public IReadOnlyList<InternalActorRef> Children
         {
             get
             {
-                var children = (from stat in InternalChildren.AllValuesMinToMax
-                                let childRestartStats = stat as ChildRestartStats
-                                where childRestartStats != null
-                                select childRestartStats.Child).ToList();
-                return children;
+                return (from stat in InternalChildren.AllValuesMinToMax
+                        let childRestartStats = stat as ChildRestartStats
+                        where childRestartStats != null
+                        select childRestartStats.Child).ToList();
             }
         }
 
-        public  IReadOnlyList<ChildRestartStats> Stats
+        public IReadOnlyList<ChildRestartStats> Stats
         {
             get
             {
-                var children = (from stat in InternalChildren.AllValuesMinToMax
-                                let childRestartStat = stat as ChildRestartStats
-                                where childRestartStat != null
-                                select childRestartStat).ToList();
-                return children;
+                return (from stat in InternalChildren.AllValuesMinToMax
+                        let childRestartStats = stat as ChildRestartStats
+                        where childRestartStats != null
+                        select childRestartStats).ToList();
             }
         }
 
         protected IImmutableMap<string, ChildStats> InternalChildren { get { return _children; } }
 
-       
-        public  bool TryGetByName(string name, out ChildStats stats)
+        public bool TryGetByName(string name, out ChildStats stats)
         {
             if (InternalChildren.TryGet(name, out stats)) return true;
             stats = null;
             return false;
         }
 
-
         public bool TryGetByRef(ActorRef actor, out ChildRestartStats childRestartStats)
         {
             ChildStats stats;
diff --git a/src/core/Akka/Actor/Internals/InternalSupportsTestFSMRef.cs b/src/core/Akka/Actor/Internals/InternalSupportsTestFSMRef.cs
index acb6d0d4fd0..6ce7e188a65 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka/Actor/Internals/InternalSupportsTestFSMRef.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka/Actor/Internals/InternalSupportsTestFSMRef.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public interface InternalSupportsTestFSMRef<TState, TData>
     /// </summary>
     public class InternalActivateFsmLogging
     {
-        private static readonly InternalActivateFsmLogging _instance=new InternalActivateFsmLogging();
+        private static readonly InternalActivateFsmLogging _instance = new InternalActivateFsmLogging();
 
         private InternalActivateFsmLogging(){}
         /// <summary>