diff --git a/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/Cargo.toml b/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4729747d98..0000000000
--- a/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "active-validators"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
-
-[dependencies]
-types = { path = "../../types" }
diff --git a/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs b/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 495d1f85af..0000000000
--- a/beacon_chain/utils/active-validators/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-extern crate types;
-
-use types::{ValidatorRecord, ValidatorStatus};
-
-/// Returns the indicies of each active validator in a given vec of validators.
-pub fn active_validator_indices(validators: &[ValidatorRecord]) -> Vec<usize> {
-    validators
-        .iter()
-        .enumerate()
-        .filter_map(|(i, validator)| {
-            if validator.status_is(ValidatorStatus::Active) {
-                Some(i)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
-        .collect()
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    pub fn validator_is_active(v: &ValidatorRecord) -> bool {
-        v.status_is(ValidatorStatus::Active)
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_active_validator() {
-        let mut validators = vec![];
-
-        let (mut v, _) = ValidatorRecord::zero_with_thread_rand_keypair();
-        v.status = ValidatorStatus::Active;
-        assert!(validator_is_active(&v));
-        validators.push(v);
-
-        let (mut v, _) = ValidatorRecord::zero_with_thread_rand_keypair();
-        v.status = ValidatorStatus::PendingActivation;
-        assert!(!validator_is_active(&v));
-        validators.push(v);
-
-        let (mut v, _) = ValidatorRecord::zero_with_thread_rand_keypair();
-        v.status = ValidatorStatus::PendingExit;
-        assert!(!validator_is_active(&v));
-        validators.push(v);
-
-        let (mut v, _) = ValidatorRecord::zero_with_thread_rand_keypair();
-        v.status = ValidatorStatus::PendingWithdraw;
-        assert!(!validator_is_active(&v));
-        validators.push(v);
-
-        let (mut v, _) = ValidatorRecord::zero_with_thread_rand_keypair();
-        v.status = ValidatorStatus::Withdrawn;
-        assert!(!validator_is_active(&v));
-        validators.push(v);
-
-        let (mut v, _) = ValidatorRecord::zero_with_thread_rand_keypair();
-        v.status = ValidatorStatus::Penalized;
-        assert!(!validator_is_active(&v));
-        validators.push(v);
-
-        assert_eq!(active_validator_indices(&validators), vec![0]);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_change/Cargo.toml b/beacon_chain/validator_change/Cargo.toml
index 88e78c9f85..0705033dc3 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_change/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_change/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>"]
 
 [dependencies]
-active-validators = { path = "../utils/active-validators" }
 bytes = "0.4.10"
 hashing = { path = "../utils/hashing" }
 types = { path = "../types" }
diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_change/src/lib.rs b/beacon_chain/validator_change/src/lib.rs
index a2d9daeffa..99687e30ad 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_change/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_change/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-extern crate active_validators;
 extern crate bytes;
 extern crate hashing;
 extern crate types;
 
-use active_validators::validator_is_active;
 use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
 use hashing::canonical_hash;
 use std::cmp::max;
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn update_validator_set(
     let total_balance = {
         let mut bal: u64 = 0;
         for v in validators.iter() {
-            if validator_is_active(&v) {
+            if v.status_is(ValidatorStatus::Active) {
                 bal = bal
                     .checked_add(v.balance)
                     .ok_or(UpdateValidatorSetError::ArithmeticOverflow)?;
diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/lib.rs b/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/lib.rs
index fe2447fc05..90077279ff 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-extern crate active_validators;
 extern crate honey_badger_split;
 extern crate types;
 extern crate vec_shuffle;
diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/shuffle.rs b/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/shuffle.rs
index 3009f4cbd8..17d3d6420e 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/shuffle.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_shuffling/src/shuffle.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use std::cmp::min;
 
-use active_validators::active_validator_indices;
 use honey_badger_split::SplitExt;
-use types::{ChainConfig, ShardAndCommittee, ValidatorRecord};
+use types::{ChainConfig, ShardAndCommittee, ValidatorRecord, ValidatorStatus};
 use vec_shuffle::{shuffle, ShuffleErr};
 
 type DelegatedCycle = Vec<Vec<ShardAndCommittee>>;
@@ -24,7 +23,17 @@ pub fn shard_and_committees_for_cycle(
     config: &ChainConfig,
 ) -> Result<DelegatedCycle, ValidatorAssignmentError> {
     let shuffled_validator_indices = {
-        let mut validator_indices = active_validator_indices(validators);
+        let mut validator_indices = validators
+            .iter()
+            .enumerate()
+            .filter_map(|(i, validator)| {
+                if validator.status_is(ValidatorStatus::Active) {
+                    Some(i)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
         shuffle(seed, validator_indices)?
     };
     let shard_indices: Vec<usize> = (0_usize..config.shard_count as usize).into_iter().collect();