diff --git a/net/mux/mux_test.go b/net/mux/mux_test.go
index f0a4b9d73..1cd4830c4 100644
--- a/net/mux/mux_test.go
+++ b/net/mux/mux_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	mh "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multihash"
 	msg "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/net/message"
 	peer "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/peer"
-	u "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util"
 
 	context "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/code.google.com/p/go.net/context"
 )
@@ -167,6 +166,7 @@ func TestSimultMuxer(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				// log.Debug("got %v", string(data))
+				_ = data
 				counts[pid][1][1]++
 
 			case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ func TestSimultMuxer(t *testing.T) {
 			case m := <-mux1.Protocols[pid].GetPipe().Incoming:
 				counts[pid][0][1]++
 				// log.Debug("got %v", string(m.Data()))
+				_ = m
 			case <-ctx.Done():
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/routing/dht/Message.go b/routing/dht/Message.go
index 435a536b1..e4607f1de 100644
--- a/routing/dht/Message.go
+++ b/routing/dht/Message.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func peersToPBPeers(peers []*peer.Peer) []*Message_Peer {
 func (m *Message) GetClusterLevel() int {
 	level := m.GetClusterLevelRaw() - 1
 	if level < 0 {
-		log.Error("GetClusterLevel: no routing level specified, assuming 0")
+		log.Debug("GetClusterLevel: no routing level specified, assuming 0")
 		level = 0
 	}
 	return int(level)