diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 777481e51..d919c8892 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 	tmtime "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types/time"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version"
-
-	_ "net/http/pprof" //nolint: gosec // securely exposed on separate, optional port
-
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // provide the psql db driver
 )
 
 // Node is the highest level interface to a full Tendermint node.
diff --git a/node/setup.go b/node/setup.go
index 3015d3c10..c4cbc418e 100644
--- a/node/setup.go
+++ b/node/setup.go
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version"
 
-	_ "net/http/pprof" //nolint: gosec // securely exposed on separate, optional port
-
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // provide the psql db driver
 )