diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt
index ac5a5b3df..64b1f3a8e 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.fold
-import prog8.ast.*
+import prog8.ast.IFunctionCall
+import prog8.ast.Node
+import prog8.ast.Program
 import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
 import prog8.ast.statements.*
+import prog8.ast.toHex
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.*
 import prog8.compilerinterface.*
 import prog8.parser.SourceCode
diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ProgramAndVarsGen.kt b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ProgramAndVarsGen.kt
index 59e526ba9..943b1e236 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ProgramAndVarsGen.kt
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ProgramAndVarsGen.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
-import prog8.ast.*
+import prog8.ast.INameScope
+import prog8.ast.Program
 import prog8.ast.antlr.escape
 import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
 import prog8.ast.statements.*
+import prog8.ast.toHex
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AsmAssignTarget
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.TargetStorageKind
 import prog8.compilerinterface.*
diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/VariableAllocator.kt b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/VariableAllocator.kt
index 901db9d83..b5479e18a 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/VariableAllocator.kt
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/VariableAllocator.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.fold
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.onSuccess
-import prog8.ast.base.*
+import prog8.ast.base.ArrayDatatypes
+import prog8.ast.base.DataType
+import prog8.ast.base.IntegerDatatypes
 import prog8.ast.expressions.StringLiteralValue
 import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
 import prog8.ast.statements.ZeropageWish
@@ -41,8 +43,6 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val vars: IVariablesAndConsts,
                 ).toList()
 
         val numberOfAllocatableVariables = allVariables.size
-        val totalAllocatedMemorySize = allVariables.sumOf { memsize(it) }
-
         val varsRequiringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zp == ZeropageWish.REQUIRE_ZEROPAGE }
         val varsPreferringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zp == ZeropageWish.PREFER_ZEROPAGE }
         val varsDontCare = allVariables.filter { it.zp == ZeropageWish.DONTCARE }
@@ -115,21 +115,11 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val vars: IVariablesAndConsts,
             }
         }
 
-        println("  number of allocated vars: $numberOfAllocatableVariables  total size: $totalAllocatedMemorySize")
+        println("  number of allocated vars: $numberOfAllocatableVariables")
         println("  put into zeropage: $numVariablesAllocatedInZP,  non-zp allocatable: ${numberOfNonIntegerVariables+numberOfExplicitNonZpVariables}")
         println("  zeropage free space: ${zeropage.free.size} bytes")
     }
 
-    private fun memsize(variable: IVariablesAndConsts.StaticVariable): Int {
-        return when(variable.type) {
-            in NumericDatatypes ->
-                options.compTarget.memorySize(variable.type)
-            in ArrayDatatypes -> variable.arraysize!! * options.compTarget.memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(variable.type))
-            DataType.STR -> (variable.initialValue as StringLiteralValue).value.length + 1
-            else -> 0
-        }
-    }
-
     internal fun isZpVar(scopedName: List<String>) = scopedName in zeropage.variables
 
     private fun numArrayElements(variable: IVariablesAndConsts.StaticVariable) =
diff --git a/codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/Extensions.kt b/codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/Extensions.kt
index 92453d4a2..9d5cc4aba 100644
--- a/codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/Extensions.kt
+++ b/codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/Extensions.kt
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ import prog8.ast.IBuiltinFunctions
 import prog8.ast.Program
 import prog8.ast.base.DataType
 import prog8.ast.base.FatalAstException
-import prog8.ast.base.Position
-import prog8.ast.base.VarDeclType
 import prog8.ast.expressions.InferredTypes
-import prog8.ast.statements.VarDecl
-import prog8.ast.statements.VarDeclOrigin
-import prog8.ast.statements.ZeropageWish
 import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
 import prog8.compilerinterface.ICompilationTarget
 import prog8.compilerinterface.IErrorReporter
diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/BeforeAsmAstChanger.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/BeforeAsmAstChanger.kt
index 43e4f0959..bee701cda 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/BeforeAsmAstChanger.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/astprocessing/BeforeAsmAstChanger.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ internal class BeforeAsmAstChanger(val program: Program,
         }
 
         // TODO get rid of the vardecl inside the ast - codegen should depend on the IVariableAllocation object
+        //      but if we do this now, all variable name lookups break because these are still done on the Ast directly rather than on a separate symbol table
         // return listOf(IAstModification.Remove(decl, parent as IStatementContainer))
         return noModifications
     }
diff --git a/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt b/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt
index 1d30b8fd2..735090060 100644
--- a/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt
+++ b/compilerAst/src/prog8/parser/SourceCode.kt
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
-import kotlin.io.path.name
 import kotlin.io.path.readText
-import kotlin.io.path.toPath
 
 /**
  * Encapsulates - and ties together - actual source code (=text) and its [origin].