diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Hex.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Hex.java
index ae45dc05b..04a555d12 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Hex.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/util/Hex.java
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util;
  */
 public class Hex {
 
-  private final static int HEX_DIGITS_START = 10;
-  private final static int ASCII_TEXT_START = HEX_DIGITS_START + (16*2 + (16/2));
-
   final static String EOL = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
   private final static char[] HEX_DIGITS = {