diff --git a/task/src/task_launcher.rs b/task/src/task_launcher.rs
index a8d7d17a03..cb5539fb38 100644
--- a/task/src/task_launcher.rs
+++ b/task/src/task_launcher.rs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ impl TaskRunner /* <N> */ {
         }
     }
 
+    // `name` is for logging purposes only and may be duplicated or inconsistent.
     /// to support builder pattern
-    // pub fn add_task<HSTT: HotShotTaskTypes<Error = (dyn TaskErr + 'static)>>(&mut self, id: HotShotTaskId, name: String, builder: TaskBuilder<HSTT>) -> TaskRunner<N+1>{
     #[must_use]
     pub fn add_task(
         mut self,
diff --git a/testing/tests/basic.rs b/testing/tests/basic.rs
index 6e70c8efa5..a8435dc5ee 100644
--- a/testing/tests/basic.rs
+++ b/testing/tests/basic.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use hotshot_testing::node_types::SequencingMemoryImpl;
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "tokio-executor",