diff --git a/lib/rules/no-empty-description.js b/lib/rules/no-empty-description.js
index 320f270..78f5c7a 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-empty-description.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-empty-description.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { getStringIfConstant, getStaticValue } = require('eslint-utils');
+const { getStringIfConstant } = require('eslint-utils');
 
 const DEFAULT_TEST_NAMES = [ 'describe', 'context', 'suite', 'it', 'test', 'specify' ];
 const ERROR_MESSAGE = 'Unexpected empty test description.';
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ function objectOptions(options = {}) {
     return { testNames, message };
 }
 
+function isTemplateString(node) {
+    return [ 'TaggedTemplateExpression', 'TemplateLiteral' ].includes(node && node.type);
+}
+
+function isIdentifier(node) {
+    return node && node.type === 'Identifier';
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     meta: {
         type: 'suggestion',
@@ -51,14 +59,6 @@ module.exports = {
             return node.callee && node.callee.name && testNames.includes(node.callee.name);
         }
 
-        function isTemplateString(node) {
-            return [ 'TaggedTemplateExpression', 'TemplateLiteral' ].includes(node && node.type);
-        }
-
-        function isIdentifier(node) {
-            return node && node.type === 'Identifier';
-        }
-
         function checkDescription(mochaCallExpression) {
             const description = mochaCallExpression.arguments[0];
             const text = getStringIfConstant(description, context.getScope());