diff --git a/lib/atom.ex b/lib/atom.ex
index e5af73ceaf..b1b89b3f34 100644
--- a/lib/atom.ex
+++ b/lib/atom.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ object Atom
   %
   % TODO Use bit syntax here
   def inspect
-    String.new "#{"'"}#{Erlang.erlang.atom_to_binary(self, 'utf8)}"
+    String.new "#{"'"}#{Erlang.atom_to_binary(self, 'utf8)}"
   end
 
   % Convert an atom to a string.
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ object Atom
   %     'A.to_s % => "A"
   %
   def to_s
-    String.new Erlang.erlang.atom_to_binary(self, 'utf8)
+    String.new Erlang.atom_to_binary(self, 'utf8)
   end
 end
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diff --git a/lib/list.ex b/lib/list.ex
index 8251b5cbf1..153c427f7a 100644
--- a/lib/list.ex
+++ b/lib/list.ex
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ object List
     Erlang.list_to_binary(self)
   end
 
-  % Simply returns self. This method does not ensure the current
-  % list is really a char list.
   def to_char_list
     self
   end
 
   def length
-    Erlang.erlang.length(self)
+    Erlang.length(self)
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/string.ex b/lib/string.ex
index f65483a98f..213302346e 100644
--- a/lib/string.ex
+++ b/lib/string.ex
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ object String
   %     "josé".length   % => 4
   %
   def length
-    Erlang.erlang.length(Erlang.unicode.characters_to_list(@bin, 'utf8))
+    Erlang.length(Erlang.unicode.characters_to_list(@bin, 'utf8))
   end
 
   % Returns the list representation of this String.
diff --git a/src/elixir.erl b/src/elixir.erl
index 4d7bad8c35..2723f548c3 100644
--- a/src/elixir.erl
+++ b/src/elixir.erl
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ load_file(Filepath, Bindings) ->
   {ok, String} = file:read_file(Filepath),
   eval(binary_to_list(String), Bindings, Filepath).
 
-% Read each line as UTF8.
-read_line(Device, Accum) ->
-  case io:get_line(Device, []) of
-    eof  -> file:close(Device), lists:flatten(lists:reverse(Accum));
-    Line -> read_line(Device, [Line|Accum])
-  end.
-
 % Evaluates a string
 eval(String) -> eval(String, []).
 eval(String, Binding) -> eval(String, Binding, "nofile").