diff --git a/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts b/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts
index 1ad24746c..3d31c9b29 100644
--- a/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts
+++ b/ui/editable-text-base/editable-text-base-common.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export var hintProperty = new dependencyObservable.Property(
     new proxy.PropertyMetadata("")
     );
 
-
 function onKeyboardTypePropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
     var editableTextBase = <EditableTextBase>data.object;
     editableTextBase._onKeyboardTypePropertyChanged(data);
diff --git a/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts b/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
index 387d17fa3..cdae529ef 100644
--- a/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import textBase = require("ui/text-base");
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
-import color = require("color");
 
 // merge the exports of the common file with the exports of this file
 declare var exports;
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ export class TextView extends common.TextView {
     }
 
     public _onHintPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
-        var textView = <TextView>data.object;
         this._refreshHintState(data.newValue);
     }