diff --git a/src/syndicate/dataspaces.nim b/src/syndicate/dataspaces.nim
index 1ec48e2..afd942f 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/dataspaces.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/dataspaces.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: ☭ 2021 Emery Hemingway
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
 
-import std/[asyncdispatch, hashes, macros, options, tables]
+import std/[hashes, macros, tables]
 import preserves
 import ../syndicate/protocols/[dataspace, dataspacePatterns]
 import ./actors, ./bags
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import ./actors, ./bags
 from ../syndicate/protocols/protocol import Handle
 
 type
-  Value = Preserve[Ref]
   Pattern* = dataspacePatterns.Pattern[Ref]
   Observe = dataspace.Observe[Ref]
   Turn = actors.Turn
diff --git a/src/syndicate/patterns.nim b/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
index 78aa26b..4d72aad 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/patterns.nim
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 import std/[macros, tables]
 
 import preserves
-import ../syndicate/protocols/[dataspacePatterns, simpleChatProtocol]
-
+import ../syndicate/protocols/dataspacePatterns
 from ./actors import Ref
 
 export dataspacePatterns.`$`
diff --git a/src/syndicate/relay.nim b/src/syndicate/relay.nim
index 363376e..6192301 100644
--- a/src/syndicate/relay.nim
+++ b/src/syndicate/relay.nim
@@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ proc newSyncPeerEntity(r: Relay; p: Ref): SyncPeerEntity =
     syncPeerMessage,
     syncPeerSync)
 
-#[
-proc `$`(ws: WireSymbol): string =
-  "<ws:" & $ws.oid & "/" & $ws.count & "/" & $ws.`ref` &>"
-]#
-
-proc `$`(re: RelayEntity): string =
-  "<Relay:" & re.label & ":" & $re.oid & ">"
-
 proc rewriteRefOut(relay: Relay; `ref`: Ref; transient: bool; exported: var seq[WireSymbol]): WireRef =
   #[
   if not relay.untrusted:
@@ -336,7 +328,7 @@ proc spawnRelay(name: string; turn: var Turn; opts: RelayActorOptions): Future[R
         else: oid
   fut
 
-import std/[asyncdispatch, asyncnet]
+import std/asyncnet
 from std/nativesockets import AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, Protocol
 
 import protocols/gatekeeper