diff --git a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
index 92d22529e5..5802fe98cb 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8.11"
 slog = { version = "2.5.2", features = ["max_level_trace"] }
 slog-async = "2.3.0"
 tokio = "0.1.22"
-clap = "2.33.0"
 dirs = "2.0.2"
 exit-future = "0.1.4"
 futures = "0.1.29"
diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/config.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/config.rs
index 08847e7b7a..df527c60ab 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/config.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use clap::ArgMatches;
 use network::NetworkConfig;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fs;