diff --git a/lib/middleware/errorHandler.js b/lib/middleware/errorHandler.js
index b62aab711..4a84edca0 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/errorHandler.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/errorHandler.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 var utils = require('../utils')
-  , url = require('url')
   , fs = require('fs');
 
 // environment
diff --git a/lib/middleware/session.js b/lib/middleware/session.js
index 7fdf4f2c3..ecb9547b9 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/session.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/session.js
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ var Session = require('./session/session')
   , Store = require('./session/store')
   , utils = require('./../utils')
   , parse = utils.parseUrl
-  , crc16 = require('crc').crc16
-  , crypto = require('crypto');
+  , crc16 = require('crc').crc16;
 
 // environment
 
diff --git a/lib/middleware/session/memory.js b/lib/middleware/session/memory.js
index ec569f5c7..fb9393928 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/session/memory.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/session/memory.js
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var Store = require('./store')
-  , utils = require('../../utils')
-  , Session = require('./session');
+var Store = require('./store');
 
 /**
  * Initialize a new `MemoryStore`.
diff --git a/lib/middleware/session/store.js b/lib/middleware/session/store.js
index 7d6f1cb05..a9c08f4a0 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/session/store.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/session/store.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
   , Session = require('./session')
-  , Cookie = require('./cookie')
-  , utils = require('../../utils');
+  , Cookie = require('./cookie');
 
 /**
  * Initialize abstract `Store`.
@@ -83,4 +82,4 @@ Store.prototype.createSession = function(req, sess){
   sess.cookie.originalMaxAge = orig;
   req.session = new Session(req, sess);
   return req.session;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/lib/middleware/staticCache.js b/lib/middleware/staticCache.js
index 54ccc98ca..06032c60a 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/staticCache.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/staticCache.js
@@ -9,12 +9,9 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
-var http = require('http')
-  , utils = require('../utils')
+var utils = require('../utils')
   , Cache = require('../cache')
-  , fresh = require('fresh')
-  , url = require('url')
-  , fs = require('fs');
+  , fresh = require('fresh');
 
 /**
  * Static cache:
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index d8921869f..4dba84341 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
 var http = require('http')
   , crypto = require('crypto')
   , parse = require('url').parse
-  , signature = require('cookie-signature')
-  , Path = require('path')
-  , fs = require('fs');
+  , signature = require('cookie-signature');
 
 /**
  * Extract the mime type from the given request's
diff --git a/test/session.js b/test/session.js
index 1de666fce..e13f89735 100644
--- a/test/session.js
+++ b/test/session.js
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ describe('connect.session()', function(){
         .get('/')
         .set('Cookie', 'connect.sid=' + sid(res))
         .end(function(res){
-          var id = sid(res);
           res.body.should.equal('2');
           done();
         });
@@ -520,7 +519,6 @@ describe('connect.session()', function(){
         .get('/')
         .set('Cookie', 'connect.sid=' + sid(res))
         .end(function(res){
-          var id = sid(res);
           res.body.should.equal('2');
           done();
         });