diff --git a/dnsstat.go b/dnsstat.go
index 259adb7..6fdf238 100644
--- a/dnsstat.go
+++ b/dnsstat.go
@@ -2,16 +2,11 @@ package dnsstat
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/coredns/caddy"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/core/dnsserver"
 	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin"
-	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/dnstest"
-	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/replacer"
-	"github.com/coredns/coredns/request"
+	"github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/metrics"
 
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
@@ -39,7 +34,6 @@ func setup(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 
 // ServeDNS implements the plugin.Handler interface.
 func (d DNSStat) ServeDNS(ctx context.Context, w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns.Msg) (int, error) {
-	state := request.Request{W: w, Req: r}
 
 	// Metric increment
 	requestCount.WithLabelValues(metrics.WithServer(ctx)).Inc()