diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
index 8756abe6683..8be002f9e29 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ import { DeployQueueServer } from "../baker/DeployQueueServer.js"
 import { FunctionalRouter } from "./FunctionalRouter.js"
 import { escape } from "mysql"
 import Papa from "papaparse"
-import { ExplorerAdminServer } from "../explorerAdminServer/ExplorerAdminServer.js"
 import {
     postsTable,
     setTagsForPost,
@@ -92,12 +91,10 @@ import { dataSource } from "../db/dataSource.js"
 import { createGdocAndInsertOwidGdocPostContent } from "../db/model/Gdoc/archieToGdoc.js"
 import { Link } from "../db/model/Link.js"
 import { In } from "typeorm"
-import { GIT_CMS_DIR } from "../gitCms/GitCmsConstants.js"
 import { logErrorAndMaybeSendToBugsnag } from "../serverUtils/errorLog.js"
 import { GdocFactory } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.js"
 
 const apiRouter = new FunctionalRouter()
-const explorerAdminServer = new ExplorerAdminServer(GIT_CMS_DIR)
 
 // Call this to trigger build and deployment of static charts on change
 const triggerStaticBuild = async (user: CurrentUser, commitMessage: string) => {
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/app.tsx b/adminSiteServer/app.tsx
index 579a1e0f202..f41ba9d5c0e 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/app.tsx
+++ b/adminSiteServer/app.tsx
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ export class OwidAdminApp {
             )
         })
 
-        const adminExplorerServer = new ExplorerAdminServer(GIT_CMS_DIR)
         // Public preview of a Gdoc document
         app.get("/gdocs/:id/preview", async (req, res) => {
             try {
diff --git a/baker/GrapherBaker.tsx b/baker/GrapherBaker.tsx
index 01af44f259a..ad992c22d8c 100644
--- a/baker/GrapherBaker.tsx
+++ b/baker/GrapherBaker.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import {
     getMergedGrapherConfigForVariable,
 } from "../db/model/Variable.js"
 import { getDatapageDataV2, getDatapageGdoc } from "../datapage/Datapage.js"
-import { ExplorerProgram } from "../explorer/ExplorerProgram.js"
 import { Image } from "../db/model/Image.js"
 import { logErrorAndMaybeSendToBugsnag } from "../serverUtils/errorLog.js"
 
diff --git a/datapage/Datapage.ts b/datapage/Datapage.ts
index 836f51cdde3..5470e246fcc 100644
--- a/datapage/Datapage.ts
+++ b/datapage/Datapage.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
     getNextUpdateFromVariable,
     omitUndefinedValues,
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
-import { ExplorerProgram } from "../explorer/ExplorerProgram.js"
 import { GdocPost } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.js"
 import { GdocFactory } from "../db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.js"
 import { OwidGoogleAuth } from "../db/OwidGoogleAuth.js"
diff --git a/site/gdocs/components/ArticleBlock.tsx b/site/gdocs/components/ArticleBlock.tsx
index ed715022fec..b0c0b4a4a9c 100644
--- a/site/gdocs/components/ArticleBlock.tsx
+++ b/site/gdocs/components/ArticleBlock.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { convertHeadingTextToId } from "@ourworldindata/components"
 import SDGGrid from "./SDGGrid.js"
 import { BlockErrorBoundary, BlockErrorFallback } from "./BlockErrorBoundary.js"
 import { match } from "ts-pattern"
-import { renderSpans, useLinkedChart } from "../utils.js"
+import { renderSpans } from "../utils.js"
 import Paragraph from "./Paragraph.js"
 import TableOfContents from "./TableOfContents.js"
 import urlSlug from "url-slug"