diff --git a/goldilocks/base.go b/goldilocks/base.go
index 5c64706..0c7477c 100644
--- a/goldilocks/base.go
+++ b/goldilocks/base.go
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ var POWER_OF_TWO_GENERATOR goldilocks.Element = goldilocks.NewElement(1753635133
 // The modulus of the field.
 var MODULUS *big.Int = emulated.Goldilocks{}.Modulus()
 
-// The threshold maximum number of bits at which we must reduce the element.
-var REDUCE_NB_BITS_THRESHOLD uint8 = 254 - 64
-
 // The number of bits to use for range checks on inner products of field elements.
 var RANGE_CHECK_NB_BITS int = 140
 
diff --git a/poseidon/goldilocks.go b/poseidon/goldilocks.go
index 66e6b96..68128f0 100644
--- a/poseidon/goldilocks.go
+++ b/poseidon/goldilocks.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 const HALF_N_FULL_ROUNDS = 4
 const N_PARTIAL_ROUNDS = 22
-const MAX_WIDTH = 12
 const SPONGE_WIDTH = 12
 const SPONGE_RATE = 8
 
diff --git a/types/utils.go b/types/utils.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e7bcae5..0000000
--- a/types/utils.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package types
-
-func ReductionArityBits(
-	arityBits uint64,
-	finalPolyBits uint64,
-	degreeBits uint64,
-	rateBits uint64,
-	capHeight uint64,
-) []uint64 {
-	returnArr := make([]uint64, 0)
-
-	for degreeBits > finalPolyBits && degreeBits+rateBits-arityBits >= capHeight {
-		returnArr = append(returnArr, arityBits)
-		if degreeBits < arityBits {
-			panic("degreeBits < arityBits")
-		}
-		degreeBits -= arityBits
-	}
-
-	return returnArr
-}
diff --git a/variables/plonk.go b/variables/plonk.go
index 1fc30f7..245a01e 100644
--- a/variables/plonk.go
+++ b/variables/plonk.go
@@ -12,18 +12,6 @@ type OpeningSet struct {
 	QuotientPolys   []gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable // Length = CommonCircuitData.NumChallenges * CommonCircuitData.QuotientDegreeFactor
 }
 
-func NewOpeningSet(numConstants uint64, numRoutedWires uint64, numWires uint64, numChallenges uint64, numPartialProducts uint64, quotientDegreeFactor uint64) OpeningSet {
-	return OpeningSet{
-		Constants:       make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numConstants),
-		PlonkSigmas:     make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numRoutedWires),
-		Wires:           make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numWires),
-		PlonkZs:         make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numChallenges),
-		PlonkZsNext:     make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numChallenges),
-		PartialProducts: make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numChallenges*numPartialProducts),
-		QuotientPolys:   make([]gl.QuadraticExtensionVariable, numChallenges*quotientDegreeFactor),
-	}
-}
-
 type ProofChallenges struct {
 	PlonkBetas    []gl.Variable
 	PlonkGammas   []gl.Variable