diff --git a/lib/block.js b/lib/block.js
index 015d2b0..1e76941 100644
--- a/lib/block.js
+++ b/lib/block.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ var BufferWriter = require('./encoding/bufferwriter');
 var Hash = require('./crypto/hash');
 var JSUtil = require('./util/js');
 var Transaction = require('./transaction');
-var Varint = require('./encoding/varint');
 
 /**
  * Instantiate a Block from a Buffer, JSON object, or Object with
diff --git a/test/block.js b/test/block.js
index d3b9771..964914f 100644
--- a/test/block.js
+++ b/test/block.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var assert = require('assert');
 var bitcore = require('..');
 var BN = require('../lib/crypto/bn');
 var BufferReader = bitcore.encoding.BufferReader;
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ var chai = require('chai');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var should = chai.should();
 var Transaction = bitcore.Transaction;
-var Varint = bitcore.encoding.Varint;
 
 // https://test-insight.bitpay.com/block/000000000b99b16390660d79fcc138d2ad0c89a0d044c4201a02bdf1f61ffa11
 var dataRawBlockBuffer = fs.readFileSync('test/data/blk86756-testnet.dat');