diff --git a/benchmark/encoder.rb b/benchmark/encoder.rb
index edda4e05..4cc8891d 100644
--- a/benchmark/encoder.rb
+++ b/benchmark/encoder.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 end
 
 def implementations(ruby_obj)
-  state = JSON::State.new(JSON.dump_default_options)
   coder = JSON::Coder.new
   implementations = {
     json: ["json", proc { JSON.generate(ruby_obj) }],
diff --git a/lib/json/truffle_ruby/generator.rb b/lib/json/truffle_ruby/generator.rb
index d7118884..9a3f4aed 100644
--- a/lib/json/truffle_ruby/generator.rb
+++ b/lib/json/truffle_ruby/generator.rb
@@ -500,11 +500,6 @@ def to_json(state = nil, *)
 
           private
 
-          def json_shift(state)
-            state.object_nl.empty? or return ''
-            state.indent * state.depth
-          end
-
           def json_transform(state)
             depth = state.depth += 1