diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 30153b5c3247..601a141181b8 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1018,16 +1018,16 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 					count, ok := bc.stateDiffsProcessed[root.(common.Hash)]
 					//if we haven't processed the statediff for a given state root and it's child, don't dereference it yet
 					if !ok {
-						log.Info("Current root NOT found root in stateDiffsProcessed", "root", root.(common.Hash).Hex())
+						log.Debug("Current root NOT found root in stateDiffsProcessed", "root", root.(common.Hash).Hex())
 						bc.triegc.Push(root, number)
 						break
 					}
 					if count < 2 {
-						log.Info("Current root has not yet been processed for it's child", "root", root.(common.Hash).Hex())
+						log.Debug("Current root has not yet been processed for it's child", "root", root.(common.Hash).Hex())
 						bc.triegc.Push(root, number)
 						break
 					} else {
-						log.Warn("Current root found in stateDiffsProcessed collection with a count of 2, okay to dereference",
+						log.Debug("Current root found in stateDiffsProcessed collection with a count of 2, okay to dereference",
 							"root", root.(common.Hash).Hex(),
 							"blockNumber", uint64(-number),
 							"size of stateDiffsProcessed", len(bc.stateDiffsProcessed))
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) WriteBlockWithState(block *types.Block, receipts []*types.
 					}
 				}
 
-				log.Info("DEREFERENCING", "root", root.(common.Hash).Hex())
+				log.Debug("Dereferencing", "root", root.(common.Hash).Hex())
 				triedb.Dereference(root.(common.Hash))
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/statediff/builder/builder.go b/statediff/builder/builder.go
index 7ee5de2f6cd3..bc60a27ef5f8 100644
--- a/statediff/builder/builder.go
+++ b/statediff/builder/builder.go
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ type Builder interface {
 
 type builder struct {
 	chainDB    ethdb.Database
-	trieDB     *trie.Database
-	cachedTrie *trie.Trie
 	blockChain *core.BlockChain
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@ type AccountsMap map[common.Hash]*state.Account
 func NewBuilder(db ethdb.Database, blockChain *core.BlockChain) *builder {
 	return &builder{
 		chainDB: db,
-		trieDB:  trie.NewDatabase(db),
 		blockChain: blockChain,
 	}
 }
@@ -121,7 +118,6 @@ func (sdb *builder) collectDiffNodes(a, b trie.NodeIterator) (AccountsMap, error
 	for {
 		log.Debug("Current Path and Hash", "path", pathToStr(it), "hashold", it.Hash())
 		if it.Leaf() {
-
 			leafKey := make([]byte, len(it.LeafKey()))
 			copy(leafKey, it.LeafKey())
 			leafKeyHash := common.BytesToHash(leafKey)