diff --git a/helpers/general_test.go b/helpers/general_test.go
index 83e532dbf..e735620ca 100644
--- a/helpers/general_test.go
+++ b/helpers/general_test.go
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 package helpers
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -160,23 +158,6 @@ func BenchmarkReaderContains(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
-// kept to compare the above
-func _BenchmarkReaderContains(b *testing.B) {
-	b.ResetTimer()
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		for i, this := range containsBenchTestData {
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadAll(StringToReader(this.v1))
-			if err != nil {
-				b.Fatalf("Failed %s", err)
-			}
-			result := bytes.Contains(bs, this.v2)
-			if result != this.expect {
-				b.Errorf("[%d] got %t but expected %t", i, result, this.expect)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestUniqueStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	in := []string{"a", "b", "a", "b", "c", "", "a", "", "d"}
 	output := UniqueStrings(in)
diff --git a/helpers/path.go b/helpers/path.go
index 5536241e5..75e46f552 100644
--- a/helpers/path.go
+++ b/helpers/path.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ func (filepathBridge) Separator() string {
 }
 
 var fpb filepathBridge
-var sanitizeRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9./_-]")
 
 // MakePath takes a string with any characters and replace it
 // so the string could be used in a path.