diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/engine/fk_verify.go b/go/vt/vtgate/engine/fk_verify.go
index 5879be45610..350aeec59e0 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/engine/fk_verify.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/engine/fk_verify.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vterrors"
 )
 
+// Verify contains the verification primitve and its type i.e. parent or child
 type Verify struct {
 	Exec Primitive
 	Typ  string
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ type FkVerify struct {
 	txNeeded
 }
 
+// constants for verification type.
 const (
 	ParentVerify = "VerifyParent"
 	ChildVerify  = "VerifyChild"
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/plan_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/plan_test.go
index 6ab86725109..9bd1778ab6c 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/plan_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/plan_test.go
@@ -28,14 +28,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/vschemawrapper"
-	querypb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/query"
-
 	"github.com/nsf/jsondiff"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/sqltypes"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/utils"
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/vschemawrapper"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/key"
 	topodatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/topodata"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/servenv"
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ func setFks(t *testing.T, vschema *vindexes.VSchema) {
 		_ = vschema.AddForeignKey("sharded_fk_allow", "tbl10", createFkDefinition([]string{"sk", "col"}, "tbl2", []string{"col2", "col"}, sqlparser.Restrict, sqlparser.Restrict))
 		// FK from tbl10 referencing tbl3 that is not shard scoped.
 		_ = vschema.AddForeignKey("sharded_fk_allow", "tbl10", createFkDefinition([]string{"col"}, "tbl3", []string{"col"}, sqlparser.Restrict, sqlparser.Restrict))
-		setCol(t, vschema, "sharded_fk_allow", "tbl3", "col", sqltypes.VarChar, "CollationUtf8mb4ID")
 
 		// FK from tbl4 referencing tbl5 that is shard scoped.
 		_ = vschema.AddForeignKey("sharded_fk_allow", "tbl4", createFkDefinition([]string{"col4"}, "tbl5", []string{"col5"}, sqlparser.SetNull, sqlparser.Cascade))
@@ -172,12 +169,6 @@ func setFks(t *testing.T, vschema *vindexes.VSchema) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setCol(t *testing.T, vschema *vindexes.VSchema, ks string, name string, col string, typ querypb.Type, coll string) {
-	tbl, err := vschema.FindTable(ks, name)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	tbl.Columns = append(tbl.Columns, vindexes.Column{Name: sqlparser.NewIdentifierCI(col), Type: typ, CollationName: coll})
-}
-
 func TestSystemTables57(t *testing.T) {
 	// first we move everything to use 5.7 logic
 	oldVer := servenv.MySQLServerVersion()
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema.go b/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema.go
index b66e9e692ff..53c6dba6304 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema.go
@@ -1336,12 +1336,3 @@ func (t *Table) getReferenceInKeyspace(keyspace string) *Table {
 	}
 	return t
 }
-
-func (t *Table) FindColumn(column sqlparser.IdentifierCI) *Column {
-	for _, c := range t.Columns {
-		if c.Name.Equal(column) {
-			return &c
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}