diff --git a/src/core/Cline.ts b/src/core/Cline.ts
index 159460737b..a7e999f6af 100644
--- a/src/core/Cline.ts
+++ b/src/core/Cline.ts
@@ -2085,7 +2085,6 @@ export class Cline {
 								this.consecutiveMistakeCount = 0
 
 								const absolutePath = path.resolve(cwd, relDirPath)
-								const clineignorePath = path.join(cwd, ".clineignore")
 								const results = await regexSearchFiles(
 									cwd,
 									absolutePath,
diff --git a/src/integrations/misc/extract-text.ts b/src/integrations/misc/extract-text.ts
index 168eb6f5a3..67a580af9b 100644
--- a/src/integrations/misc/extract-text.ts
+++ b/src/integrations/misc/extract-text.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ import pdf from "pdf-parse/lib/pdf-parse"
 import mammoth from "mammoth"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
 import { isBinaryFile } from "isbinaryfile"
-import { LLMFileAccessController } from "../../services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController"
 
 export async function extractTextFromFile(filePath: string): Promise<string> {
-	// First check if we have permission to access this file
-
 	try {
 		await fs.access(filePath)
 	} catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController.ts b/src/services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController.ts
index 69228751bc..2fa2f882f5 100644
--- a/src/services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController.ts
+++ b/src/services/llm-access-control/LLMFileAccessController.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export class LLMFileAccessController {
 	private disposables: vscode.Disposable[] = []
 
 	/**
-	 * Default patterns that are always ignored for security
+	 * Default patterns that are always ignored
 	 */
-	private static readonly DEFAULT_PATTERNS = [".clineignore"] // empty for now
+	private static readonly DEFAULT_PATTERNS = [".clineignore"]
 
 	constructor(cwd: string) {
 		this.cwd = cwd
diff --git a/src/utils/path.ts b/src/utils/path.ts
index 90cff1c719..b61eb38bed 100644
--- a/src/utils/path.ts
+++ b/src/utils/path.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from "path"
 import os from "os"
-import * as fs from "fs"
 
 /*
 The Node.js 'path' module resolves and normalizes paths differently depending on the platform: