diff --git a/bin/dbwriter b/bin/dbwriter
index 0d610c25ebc4cd7ed03c918ed8371b81b5980c01..d40797ba129ef25d0ac7de2ac69320984cc2e8c1 100755
--- a/bin/dbwriter
+++ b/bin/dbwriter
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ heartbeat = require('../lib/heartbeat.js'),
 metrics = require('../lib/metrics.js'),
 logger = require('../lib/logging.js').logger,
 shutdown = require('../lib/shutdown'),
-views = require('../lib/browserid/views.js');
 
 var app = undefined;
 
diff --git a/bin/keysigner b/bin/keysigner
index 8057efe6b6ab8256b5dcfee04f1028643d6178da..b0478d04089c93ed4441e2955a37b039ae827f8e 100755
--- a/bin/keysigner
+++ b/bin/keysigner
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ if (statsd_config && statsd_config.enabled) {
   }));
 }
 
-app.use(function(req, resp, next) {
-  next();
-});
-
 // parse POST bodies
 app.use(express.bodyParser());