diff --git a/consensus/reactor.go b/consensus/reactor.go
index 6b013a0c..7208f397 100644
--- a/consensus/reactor.go
+++ b/consensus/reactor.go
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ OUTER_LOOP:
 
 func (conR *ConsensusReactor) String() string {
 	// better not to access shared variables
-	return Fmt("ConsensusReactor") // conR.StringIndented("")
+	return "ConsensusReactor" // conR.StringIndented("")
 }
 
 func (conR *ConsensusReactor) StringIndented(indent string) string {
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 31a2e2c9..7b08fada 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ func (rs *RoundState) StringShort() string {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 var (
-	msgQueueSize       = 1000
-	tickTockBufferSize = 10
+	msgQueueSize = 1000
 )
 
 // msgs from the reactor which may update the state
diff --git a/consensus/ticker.go b/consensus/ticker.go
index e4f389fa..1550ca16 100644
--- a/consensus/ticker.go
+++ b/consensus/ticker.go
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/tendermint/go-common"
 )
 
+var (
+	tickTockBufferSize = 10
+)
+
 type TimeoutTicker interface {
 	Start() (bool, error)
 	Stop() bool