diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
index 6d908d34b7c6b87254782b6ae8b0b8dc2a6d036e..0d331a900f5bd5c18dbeaf2fc2a249256151ce70 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlPathEqualTo;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.verify;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.options;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit.WireMockRule;
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import java.net.URI;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@ public class HttpRecordSenderTest {
 
   private HttpRecordSender<ActivePowerRecord> httpRecordSender;
 
-  private Gson gson;
-
   @Rule
   public WireMockRule wireMockRule = new WireMockRule(options().dynamicPort());
 
@@ -30,7 +27,6 @@ public class HttpRecordSenderTest {
   public void setup() {
     this.httpRecordSender =
         new HttpRecordSender<>(URI.create("http://localhost:" + this.wireMockRule.port()));
-    this.gson = new Gson();
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java
index 79566fd937b9c100663d426610b6ff476035ef87..251523441e339cbaf58c7e3a1b30e97cc354df18 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc1-beam/src/main/java/application/LogKeyValue.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 /**
  * Logs all Key Value pairs.
  */
-@SuppressWarnings({"unused"})
 public class LogKeyValue extends DoFn<KV<String, String>, KV<String, String>> {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 4328743;
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogKeyValue.class);
@@ -19,9 +18,7 @@ public class LogKeyValue extends DoFn<KV<String, String>, KV<String, String>> {
   @ProcessElement
   public void processElement(@Element final KV<String, String> kv,
       final OutputReceiver<KV<String, String>> out) {
-    if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-      LOGGER.info("Key: {}, Value: {}", kv.getKey(), kv.getValue());
-    }
+    LOGGER.info("Key: {}, Value: {}", kv.getKey(), kv.getValue());
     out.output(kv);
   }
 }