diff --git a/libraries/particles/src/ParticleTree.cpp b/libraries/particles/src/ParticleTree.cpp
index a254305789..57f6a6e665 100644
--- a/libraries/particles/src/ParticleTree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/particles/src/ParticleTree.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 #include "ParticleTree.h"
 
 ParticleTree::ParticleTree(bool shouldReaverage) : Octree(shouldReaverage) {
-    ParticleTreeElement* rootNode = createNewElement();
-    _rootNode = rootNode;
+    _rootNode = createNewElement();
 }
 
 ParticleTreeElement* ParticleTree::createNewElement(unsigned char * octalCode) {
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
index f29b4e471d..04916687fb 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ ScriptEngine::ScriptEngine(const QString& scriptContents, bool wantMenuItems, co
 }
 
 ScriptEngine::~ScriptEngine() {
-    //printf("ScriptEngine::~ScriptEngine()...\n");
 }
 
 void ScriptEngine::setIsAvatar(bool isAvatar) {
diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelSceneStats.cpp b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelSceneStats.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f486a2fa4..0000000000
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelSceneStats.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  VoxelSceneStats.cpp
-//  hifi
-//
-//  Created by Brad Hefta-Gaub on 7/18/13.
-//  Copyright (c) 2013 High Fidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
-//
-//
-
-#include "VoxelSceneStats.h"
-
-
-// currently an alias for OctreeSceneStats
-
diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelSceneStats.h b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelSceneStats.h
deleted file mode 100644
index bea563563c..0000000000
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelSceneStats.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-//
-//  VoxelSceneStats.h
-//  hifi
-//
-//  Created by Brad Hefta-Gaub on 7/18/13.
-//  Copyright (c) 2013 High Fidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
-//
-//
-
-#ifndef __hifi__VoxelSceneStats__
-#define __hifi__VoxelSceneStats__
-
-#include <NodeList.h>
-#include <OctreeSceneStats.h>
-
-/// Collects statistics for calculating and sending a scene from a voxel server to an interface client
-class VoxelSceneStats : public OctreeSceneStats {
-
-    // currently an alias for OctreeSceneStats
-    
-};
-
-/// Map between node IDs and their reported VoxelSceneStats. Typically used by classes that need to know which nodes sent
-/// which voxel stats
-typedef std::map<QUuid, VoxelSceneStats> NodeToVoxelSceneStats;
-typedef std::map<QUuid, VoxelSceneStats>::iterator NodeToVoxelSceneStatsIterator;
-
-#endif /* defined(__hifi__VoxelSceneStats__) */
diff --git a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp
index ea784b2e16..4c756c2257 100644
--- a/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp
+++ b/libraries/voxels/src/VoxelTree.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 // Voxel Specific operations....
 
-VoxelTree::VoxelTree(bool shouldReaverage) : Octree(shouldReaverage) {
+VoxelTree::VoxelTree(bool shouldReaverage) : Octree(shouldReaverage) 
+{
     _rootNode = createNewElement();
 }