diff --git a/packages/binary/drng/dispatcher_test.go b/packages/binary/drng/dispatcher_test.go
index 19479799e7a6e1a05db4653c18710813708033c4..b9635cac9e9bafac615d529ef95437d12aa3771f 100644
--- a/packages/binary/drng/dispatcher_test.go
+++ b/packages/binary/drng/dispatcher_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/binary/drng/payload/header"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/binary/drng/state"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon/events"
 	cbPayload "github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon/payload"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/crypto/ed25519"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/marshalutil"
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	eventTest         *events.CollectiveBeaconEvent
 	prevSignatureTest []byte
 	signatureTest     []byte
 	dpkTest           []byte
diff --git a/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon/collective_beacon_test.go b/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon/collective_beacon_test.go
index bb46da739728b1e26de1a22845b130be3675e7ca..cb3d5e43c5cbe8966e9edc53998956bc45eeefd5 100644
--- a/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon/collective_beacon_test.go
+++ b/packages/binary/drng/subtypes/collectiveBeacon/collective_beacon_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestProcessBeacon(t *testing.T) {
 // 	var priPoly *share.PriPoly
 // 	var pubPoly *share.PubPoly
 // 	var err error
-// 	// create shares and committments
+// 	// create shares and commitments
 // 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 // 		pri := share.NewPriPoly(key.KeyGroup, threshold, key.KeyGroup.Scalar().Pick(random.New()), random.New())
 // 		pub := pri.Commit(key.KeyGroup.Point().Base())