diff --git a/lib/storage/blob.js b/lib/storage/blob.js
index 006f5ca80..21f38a73a 100644
--- a/lib/storage/blob.js
+++ b/lib/storage/blob.js
@@ -204,14 +204,12 @@ var tryId = function (path, cb) {
     Fs.access(path, Fs.constants.R_OK | Fs.constants.W_OK, function (e) {
         if (!e) {
             // generate a new id (with the same prefix) and recurse
-            //WARN('ownedUploadComplete', 'id is already used '+ id);
             return void cb('EEXISTS');
         } else if (e.code === 'ENOENT') {
             // no entry, so it's safe for us to proceed
             return void cb();
         } else {
             // it failed in an unexpected way. log it
-            //WARN('ownedUploadComplete', e);
             return void cb(e.code);
         }
     });
@@ -229,7 +227,6 @@ var owned_upload_complete = function (Env, safeKey, id, cb) {
     }
 
     if (!isValidId(id)) {
-        //WARN('ownedUploadComplete', "id is invalid");
         return void cb('EINVAL_ID');
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/storage/file.js b/lib/storage/file.js
index b209cb597..16f8c8ba7 100644
--- a/lib/storage/file.js
+++ b/lib/storage/file.js
@@ -996,8 +996,6 @@ module.exports.create = function (conf, _cb) {
         root: conf.filePath || './datastore',
         archiveRoot: conf.archivePath || './data/archive',
         channels: { },
-        channelExpirationMs: conf.channelExpirationMs || 30000,
-        verbose: conf.verbose,
         batchGetChannel: BatchRead('store_batch_channel'),
     };
     var it;