diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index ca7aa6f..d218487 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -226,13 +226,11 @@ weechat.factory('handlers', ['$rootScope', 'models', 'plugins', function($rootSc
 weechat.factory('connection',
                 ['$rootScope',
                  '$log',
-                 '$store',
                  'handlers',
                  'models',
                  'ngWebsockets',
 function($rootScope,
          $log,
-         storage,
          handlers,
          models,
          ngWebsockets) {
@@ -241,27 +239,6 @@ function($rootScope,
 
     // Takes care of the connection and websocket hooks
 
-    var _formatForWs = function(message) {
-        /*
-         * Formats a weechat message to be sent over
-         * the websocket.
-         */
-        message.replace(/[\r\n]+$/g, "").split("\n");
-        return message;
-    };
-
-    var _send = function(message) {
-        return ngWebsockets.send(_formatForWs(message));
-    };
-
-    var _sendAll = function(messages) {
-        for (var i in messages) {
-            messages[i] = _formatForWs(messages[i]);
-        }
-        return ngWebsockets.sendAll(messages);
-    };
-
-
     var connect = function (host, port, passwd, ssl, noCompression) {
         var proto = ssl ? 'wss' : 'ws';
         var url = proto + "://" + host + ":" + port + "/weechat";
@@ -363,7 +340,7 @@ function($rootScope,
 
         };
 
-        var onmessage = function(event) {
+        var onmessage = function() {
             // If we recieve a message from WeeChat it means that
             // password was OK. Store that result and check for it
             // in the failure handler.
diff --git a/js/irc-utils.js b/js/irc-utils.js
index 3413559..ff4c488 100644
--- a/js/irc-utils.js
+++ b/js/irc-utils.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ var IrcUtils = {
      * @return Next nick (may be the same)
      */
     _nextNick: function(iterCandidate, currentNick, nickList) {
-        var firstInGroup = null;
         var matchingNicks = [];
         var at = null;
         var lcIterCandidate = iterCandidate.toLowerCase();