diff --git a/node/src/chain.rs b/node/src/chain.rs
index e443916936..1a99ef6ddf 100644
--- a/node/src/chain.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain.rs
@@ -10,37 +10,24 @@ mod fallback;
 mod fsm;
 mod genesis;
 
-use crate::database::{Candidate, Ledger, Mempool};
+use crate::database::Ledger;
 use crate::{database, vm, Network};
 use crate::{LongLivedService, Message};
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
+use anyhow::Result;
 
-use dusk_consensus::user::committee::CommitteeSet;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
+use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use dusk_consensus::commons::{ConsensusError, Database, RoundUpdate};
-use dusk_consensus::consensus::Consensus;
-use dusk_consensus::contract_state::{
-    CallParams, Error, Operations, Output, StateRoot,
-};
-use dusk_consensus::user::provisioners::Provisioners;
-use node_data::ledger::{self, to_str, Block, Hash, Header};
+use node_data::ledger::{to_str, Block};
 use node_data::message::AsyncQueue;
 use node_data::message::{Payload, Topics};
-use node_data::Serializable;
-use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Mutex, RwLock};
-use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::time::{sleep_until, Instant};
 
-use node_data::message::payload::GetBlocks;
-use std::any;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use self::acceptor::{Acceptor, RevertTarget};
-use self::consensus::Task;
 use self::fsm::SimpleFSM;
 
 pub use acceptor::verify_block_cert;
diff --git a/node/src/chain/acceptor.rs b/node/src/chain/acceptor.rs
index a5b24dcce2..89a232591d 100644
--- a/node/src/chain/acceptor.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain/acceptor.rs
@@ -4,43 +4,26 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use crate::database::{Candidate, Ledger, Mempool};
-use crate::{database, vm, Network};
-use crate::{LongLivedService, Message};
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use dusk_bls12_381_sign::PublicKey;
-use dusk_consensus::commons::{
-    ConsensusError, Database, IterCounter, RoundUpdate, StepName,
-};
-use dusk_consensus::consensus::{self, Consensus};
-use dusk_consensus::contract_state::{
-    CallParams, Error, Operations, Output, StateRoot,
-};
+use crate::database::{self, Ledger, Mempool};
+use crate::{vm, Message, Network};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use dusk_consensus::commons::{ConsensusError, IterCounter, StepName};
 use dusk_consensus::user::committee::{Committee, CommitteeSet};
 use dusk_consensus::user::provisioners::Provisioners;
 use dusk_consensus::user::sortition;
-use hex::ToHex;
 use node_data::ledger::{
-    self, to_str, Block, Hash, Header, Seed, Signature, SpentTransaction,
+    self, to_str, Block, Seed, Signature, SpentTransaction,
 };
 use node_data::message::AsyncQueue;
-use node_data::message::{Payload, Topics};
-use node_data::Serializable;
-use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::rc::Rc;
+use node_data::message::Payload;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Mutex, RwLock};
-use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+use tokio::sync::{Mutex, RwLock};
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 
 use dusk_consensus::agreement::verifiers;
 use dusk_consensus::config::{self, SELECTION_COMMITTEE_SIZE};
-use std::any;
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use super::consensus::Task;
-use super::genesis;
 
 pub(crate) enum RevertTarget {
     LastFinalizedState = 0,
diff --git a/node/src/chain/consensus.rs b/node/src/chain/consensus.rs
index 3af7504fac..1b2b041738 100644
--- a/node/src/chain/consensus.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain/consensus.rs
@@ -4,28 +4,24 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use crate::database::{Candidate, Ledger, Mempool};
-use crate::{database, vm, Network};
-use crate::{LongLivedService, Message};
-use anyhow::bail;
+use crate::database::{self, Candidate, Mempool};
+use crate::{vm, Message, Network};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use dusk_consensus::commons::{ConsensusError, Database, RoundUpdate};
+use dusk_consensus::commons::{ConsensusError, RoundUpdate};
 use dusk_consensus::consensus::Consensus;
 use dusk_consensus::contract_state::{
-    CallParams, Error, Operations, Output, StateRoot, VerificationOutput,
+    CallParams, Error, Operations, Output, VerificationOutput,
 };
 use dusk_consensus::user::provisioners::Provisioners;
 use node_data::ledger::{Block, Hash, Transaction};
-use node_data::message::payload::{self, GetCandidate};
+use node_data::message::payload::GetCandidate;
 use node_data::message::AsyncQueue;
 use node_data::message::{Payload, Topics};
-use node_data::Serializable;
 use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Mutex, RwLock};
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-use tracing::{error, info, trace};
+use tracing::{error, info, trace, warn};
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::{any, vec};
 
 /// Consensus Service Task is responsible for running the consensus layer.
 ///
diff --git a/node/src/chain/fallback.rs b/node/src/chain/fallback.rs
index 77823edcaa..17c5c33cff 100644
--- a/node/src/chain/fallback.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain/fallback.rs
@@ -4,19 +4,13 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
-use node_data::{
-    bls::PublicKey,
-    ledger::{self, Block, Hash, Header},
-};
-use tokio::sync::RwLock;
-use tracing::{info, warn};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use node_data::ledger::Block;
+use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::{
     chain::acceptor,
-    database::{self, Ledger, Mempool},
+    database::{self, Ledger},
     vm, Network,
 };
 
diff --git a/node/src/chain/fsm.rs b/node/src/chain/fsm.rs
index e41e78c2e9..29e8bbae89 100644
--- a/node/src/chain/fsm.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain/fsm.rs
@@ -4,22 +4,20 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use super::{acceptor::Acceptor, consensus, genesis};
+use super::acceptor::Acceptor;
 use crate::chain::fallback;
-use crate::database::{self, Ledger};
+use crate::database;
 use crate::{vm, Network};
-use dusk_consensus::user::provisioners::{self, Provisioners};
-use node_data::ledger::{self, to_str, Block, Hash, Transaction};
+use node_data::ledger::{to_str, Block};
 use node_data::message::payload::GetBlocks;
 use node_data::message::Message;
-use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4};
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::SystemTime};
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
-use tracing::{debug, error, info};
+use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 
 const MAX_BLOCKS_TO_REQUEST: i16 = 50;
 const EXPIRY_TIMEOUT_MILLIS: i16 = 5000;
diff --git a/node/src/chain/genesis.rs b/node/src/chain/genesis.rs
index 91d26e2860..62654cc4f7 100644
--- a/node/src/chain/genesis.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain/genesis.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use dusk_consensus::user::provisioners::Provisioners;
 use node_data::ledger::{Block, Header};
 
 /// Generates the genesis state for the chain per specified network type
diff --git a/node/src/database/rocksdb.rs b/node/src/database/rocksdb.rs
index 4faa2b2c17..95f68d5c58 100644
--- a/node/src/database/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/node/src/database/rocksdb.rs
@@ -5,33 +5,26 @@
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
 use super::{Candidate, Ledger, Persist, Register, DB};
-use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use anyhow::Result;
 
-use node_data::encoding::*;
 use node_data::ledger::{self, SpentTransaction};
 use node_data::Serializable;
 
 use crate::database::Mempool;
 
-use dusk_bytes::Serializable as DuskBytesSerializable;
-
 use rocksdb_lib::{
-    ColumnFamily, ColumnFamilyDescriptor, DBAccess, DBCommon,
-    DBRawIteratorWithThreadMode, DBWithThreadMode, IteratorMode, MultiThreaded,
-    OptimisticTransactionDB, OptimisticTransactionOptions, Options,
-    ReadOptions, SnapshotWithThreadMode, Transaction, TransactionDB,
+    ColumnFamily, ColumnFamilyDescriptor, DBAccess,
+    DBRawIteratorWithThreadMode, IteratorMode, OptimisticTransactionDB,
+    OptimisticTransactionOptions, Options, SnapshotWithThreadMode, Transaction,
     WriteOptions,
 };
 
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::io::Write;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::path::Path;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::vec;
-use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
 use tracing::info;
 
diff --git a/node/src/databroker.rs b/node/src/databroker.rs
index feb2c39085..4f0b868416 100644
--- a/node/src/databroker.rs
+++ b/node/src/databroker.rs
@@ -9,30 +9,18 @@ pub mod conf;
 use crate::database::{Candidate, Ledger, Mempool};
 use crate::{database, vm, Network};
 use crate::{LongLivedService, Message};
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 
-use dusk_consensus::user::committee::CommitteeSet;
 use node_data::message::payload::InvType;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use dusk_consensus::commons::{ConsensusError, Database, RoundUpdate};
-use dusk_consensus::consensus::Consensus;
-use dusk_consensus::contract_state::{
-    CallParams, Error, Operations, Output, StateRoot,
-};
-use dusk_consensus::user::provisioners::Provisioners;
-use node_data::ledger::{self, Block, Hash, Header};
-use node_data::message::{self, Payload, Topics};
-use node_data::message::{payload, AsyncQueue, Metadata};
-use node_data::Serializable;
-use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Mutex, RwLock, Semaphore};
-use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-use tracing::{debug, info, trace, warn};
-
-use std::any;
+use node_data::message::{payload, AsyncQueue};
+use node_data::message::{Payload, Topics};
+use tokio::sync::{RwLock, Semaphore};
+use tracing::{info, warn};
 
 const TOPICS: &[u8] = &[
     Topics::GetBlocks as u8,
diff --git a/node/src/mempool.rs b/node/src/mempool.rs
index d3741f8e7d..fc6bc5e887 100644
--- a/node/src/mempool.rs
+++ b/node/src/mempool.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,13 @@
 
 use crate::database::{Ledger, Mempool};
 use crate::{database, vm, LongLivedService, Message, Network};
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail};
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use dusk_bytes::Serializable;
 use node_data::ledger::Transaction;
-use node_data::message::AsyncQueue;
-use node_data::message::Payload;
-use node_data::message::Topics;
+use node_data::message::{AsyncQueue, Payload, Topics};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 const TOPICS: &[u8] = &[Topics::Tx as u8];
 
diff --git a/node/src/network.rs b/node/src/network.rs
index e80d791c2c..2717b7f3e7 100644
--- a/node/src/network.rs
+++ b/node/src/network.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use std::{any, default};
 
 use crate::{BoxedFilter, Message};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ use node_data::message::{AsyncQueue, Topics};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::time::{self, Instant};
-use tracing::{debug, error, info, trace};
+use tracing::{error, info, trace};
 
 mod frame;
 
diff --git a/node/src/vm.rs b/node/src/vm.rs
index 9052972c8f..c39a1d2dcb 100644
--- a/node/src/vm.rs
+++ b/node/src/vm.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 //
 // Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
 
-use async_trait::async_trait;
-use dusk_bls12_381_sign::PublicKey as BlsPublicKey;
 use dusk_consensus::{
     contract_state::CallParams, contract_state::VerificationOutput,
     user::provisioners::Provisioners,