diff --git a/pkg/cwhub/download_test.go b/pkg/cwhub/download_test.go
index 3ca8cff616c..ef1301e89e5 100644
--- a/pkg/cwhub/download_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cwhub/download_test.go
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ func TestFetchIndex(t *testing.T) {
 
 	downloader.URLTemplate = "http://x/%s/%s"
 	downloaded, err = downloader.FetchIndex(ctx, destPath, !withContent, discard)
-	cstest.AssertErrorContains(t, err, `Get "http://x/main/.index.json": dial tcp: lookup x: no such host`)
+	// can be no such host, server misbehaving, etc
+	cstest.AssertErrorContains(t, err, `Get "http://x/main/.index.json": dial tcp: lookup x`)
 	assert.False(t, downloaded)
 
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cwhub/hub_test.go b/pkg/cwhub/hub_test.go
index 8707bf0d2e1..7babe095481 100644
--- a/pkg/cwhub/hub_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cwhub/hub_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 // testHubCfg creates an empty hub structure in a temporary directory
 // and returns its configuration object.
 //
-// This allow the reuse of the temporary directory / hub content for multiple instances
+// This allow the reuse of the hub content for multiple instances
 // of the Hub object.
 func testHubCfg(t *testing.T) *csconfig.LocalHubCfg {
 	tempDir := t.TempDir()
diff --git a/pkg/cwhub/item.go b/pkg/cwhub/item.go
index 4fc0326baea..38385d9399d 100644
--- a/pkg/cwhub/item.go
+++ b/pkg/cwhub/item.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
-
-	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/emoji"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -46,62 +44,6 @@ type ItemVersion struct {
 	Deprecated bool   `json:"deprecated,omitempty" yaml:"deprecated,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// ItemState is used to keep the local state (i.e. at runtime) of an item.
-// This data is not stored in the index, but is displayed with "cscli ... inspect".
-type ItemState struct {
-	LocalPath            string   `json:"local_path,omitempty" yaml:"local_path,omitempty"`
-	LocalVersion         string   `json:"local_version,omitempty" yaml:"local_version,omitempty"`
-	LocalHash            string   `json:"local_hash,omitempty" yaml:"local_hash,omitempty"`
-	Installed            bool     `json:"installed"`
-	Downloaded           bool     `json:"downloaded"`
-	UpToDate             bool     `json:"up_to_date"`
-	Tainted              bool     `json:"tainted"`
-	TaintedBy            []string `json:"tainted_by,omitempty" yaml:"tainted_by,omitempty"`
-	BelongsToCollections []string `json:"belongs_to_collections,omitempty" yaml:"belongs_to_collections,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// IsLocal returns true if the item has been create by a user (not downloaded from the hub).
-func (s *ItemState) IsLocal() bool {
-	return s.Installed && !s.Downloaded
-}
-
-// Text returns the status of the item as a string (eg. "enabled,update-available").
-func (s *ItemState) Text() string {
-	ret := "disabled"
-
-	if s.Installed {
-		ret = "enabled"
-	}
-
-	if s.IsLocal() {
-		ret += ",local"
-	}
-
-	if s.Tainted {
-		ret += ",tainted"
-	} else if !s.UpToDate && !s.IsLocal() {
-		ret += ",update-available"
-	}
-
-	return ret
-}
-
-// Emoji returns the status of the item as an emoji (eg. emoji.Warning).
-func (s *ItemState) Emoji() string {
-	switch {
-	case s.IsLocal():
-		return emoji.House
-	case !s.Installed:
-		return emoji.Prohibited
-	case s.Tainted || (!s.UpToDate && !s.IsLocal()):
-		return emoji.Warning
-	case s.Installed:
-		return emoji.CheckMark
-	default:
-		return emoji.QuestionMark
-	}
-}
-
 type Dependencies struct {
 	Parsers       []string `json:"parsers,omitempty"        yaml:"parsers,omitempty"`
 	PostOverflows []string `json:"postoverflows,omitempty"  yaml:"postoverflows,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/cwhub/item_test.go b/pkg/cwhub/item_test.go
index 703bbb5cb90..5564cfadd4d 100644
--- a/pkg/cwhub/item_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cwhub/item_test.go
@@ -6,35 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func TestItemStatus(t *testing.T) {
+func TestItemStats(t *testing.T) {
 	hub := envSetup(t)
 
 	// get existing map
 	x := hub.GetItemMap(COLLECTIONS)
 	require.NotEmpty(t, x)
 
-	// Get item: good and bad
-	for k := range x {
-		item := hub.GetItem(COLLECTIONS, k)
-		require.NotNil(t, item)
-
-		item.State.Installed = true
-		item.State.UpToDate = false
-		item.State.Tainted = false
-		item.State.Downloaded = true
-
-		txt := item.State.Text()
-		require.Equal(t, "enabled,update-available", txt)
-
-		item.State.Installed = true
-		item.State.UpToDate = false
-		item.State.Tainted = false
-		item.State.Downloaded = false
-
-		txt = item.State.Text()
-		require.Equal(t, "enabled,local", txt)
-	}
-
 	stats := hub.ItemStats()
 	require.Equal(t, []string{
 		"Loaded: 2 parsers, 1 scenarios, 3 collections",