diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/restheart/plugins/PluginsFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/restheart/plugins/PluginsFactory.java
index e0a04d1db..d5ef31106 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/restheart/plugins/PluginsFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/restheart/plugins/PluginsFactory.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ private <T extends Plugin> Set<PluginRecord<T>> createPlugins(List<PluginDescrip
                 var enabled = PluginRecord.isEnabled(enabledByDefault, pluginConf);
 
                 if (enabled) {
-                    i = instantiatePlugin(clazz, type, name, conf);
+                    i = instantiatePlugin(clazz, type, name);
 
                     var pr = new PluginRecord<>(name, description, secure, enabledByDefault, clazz.getName(), (T) i, pluginConf);
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ private Class<Plugin> loadPluginClass(PluginDescriptor plugin) throws ClassNotFo
         return (Class<Plugin>) PluginsClassloader.getInstance().loadClass(plugin.clazz());
     }
 
-    private Plugin instantiatePlugin(Class<Plugin> pc, String pluginType, String pluginName, Configuration conf) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, ClassNotFoundException {
+    private Plugin instantiatePlugin(Class<Plugin> pc, String pluginType, String pluginName) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, ClassNotFoundException {
         try {
             return pc.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
         } catch (NoSuchMethodException nme) {
diff --git a/polyglot/src/main/java/org/restheart/polyglot/PolyglotDeployer.java b/polyglot/src/main/java/org/restheart/polyglot/PolyglotDeployer.java
index 5324e2b13..161d3a3be 100644
--- a/polyglot/src/main/java/org/restheart/polyglot/PolyglotDeployer.java
+++ b/polyglot/src/main/java/org/restheart/polyglot/PolyglotDeployer.java
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@
  */
 package org.restheart.polyglot;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
-import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;