diff --git a/server/boot/explorer.js b/server/boot/explorer.js
index 7461836f63..82081da065 100644
--- a/server/boot/explorer.js
+++ b/server/boot/explorer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function mountLoopBackExplorer(app) {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+    return;
+  }
   var explorer;
   try {
     explorer = require('loopback-explorer');
diff --git a/server/boot/fieldGuide.js b/server/boot/fieldGuide.js
index 4f5ec120ab..3714847d72 100644
--- a/server/boot/fieldGuide.js
+++ b/server/boot/fieldGuide.js
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
         var fieldGuide = R.head(fieldGuideFromMongo);
           fieldGuide.name.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-').replace(/\?/g, '');
 
-        //if (fieldGuide.dashedName !== dashedNameFromQuery) {
-        //  return res.redirect('../field-guide/' + fieldGuide.dashedName);
-        //}
+        // if (fieldGuide.dashedName !== dashedNameFromQuery) {
+        //   return res.redirect('../field-guide/' + fieldGuide.dashedName);
+        // }
         res.render('field-guide/show', {
           title: fieldGuide.name,
           fieldGuideId: fieldGuide.id,
diff --git a/server/boot/nonprofits.js b/server/boot/nonprofits.js
index fa7126387e..988ded5f84 100644
--- a/server/boot/nonprofits.js
+++ b/server/boot/nonprofits.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = function(app) {
   var router = app.loopback.Router();
   var Nonprofit = app.models.Nonprofit;
diff --git a/server/boot/passport.js b/server/boot/passport.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 326a575af0..0000000000
--- a/server/boot/passport.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
-var passport = require('passport'),
-    passportConf = require('../../config/passport');
-
-module.exports = function(app) {
-  var router = app.loopback.Router();
-  var passportOptions = {
-    successRedirect: '/',
-    failureRedirect: '/login'
-  };
-
-  router.all('/account', passportConf.isAuthenticated);
-
-  router.get('/auth/twitter', passport.authenticate('twitter'));
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/twitter/callback',
-    passport.authenticate('twitter', {
-      successRedirect: '/',
-      failureRedirect: '/login'
-    })
-  );
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/linkedin',
-    passport.authenticate('linkedin', {
-      state: 'SOME STATE'
-    })
-  );
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/linkedin/callback',
-    passport.authenticate('linkedin', passportOptions)
-  );
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/facebook',
-    passport.authenticate('facebook', {scope: ['email', 'user_location']})
-  );
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/facebook/callback',
-    passport.authenticate('facebook', passportOptions), function (req, res) {
-      res.redirect(req.session.returnTo || '/');
-    }
-  );
-
-  router.get('/auth/github', passport.authenticate('github'));
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/github/callback',
-    passport.authenticate('github', passportOptions), function (req, res) {
-      res.redirect(req.session.returnTo || '/');
-    }
-  );
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/google',
-    passport.authenticate('google', {scope: 'profile email'})
-  );
-
-  router.get(
-    '/auth/google/callback',
-    passport.authenticate('google', passportOptions), function (req, res) {
-      res.redirect(req.session.returnTo || '/');
-    }
-  );
-
-  app.use(router);
-};
-*/
diff --git a/server/boot/story.js b/server/boot/story.js
index 25644b4c89..7603dfa20e 100755
--- a/server/boot/story.js
+++ b/server/boot/story.js
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
     return hotness;
   }
 
-  function hotJSON(req, res, next) { // no-unused-vars
-
+  function hotJSON(req, res, next) {
     Story.find({order: 'timePosted DESC', limit: 1000}, function(err, stories) {
       if (err) {
         return next(err);