diff --git a/sanitizer/nearby.js b/sanitizer/nearby.js
index 021efa77..a26b93a3 100644
--- a/sanitizer/nearby.js
+++ b/sanitizer/nearby.js
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ var sanitizers = {
   categories: require('../sanitizer/_categories')()
 };
 
-var sanitize = sanitizeAll.runAllChecks;
-
-// export sanitize for testing
-module.exports.sanitize = sanitize;
-module.exports.sanitizer_list = sanitizers;
-
 // middleware
 module.exports.middleware = function( req, res, next ){
   sanitizeAll.runAllChecks(req, sanitizers);
diff --git a/sanitizer/place.js b/sanitizer/place.js
index 6800b06b..4ab7af16 100644
--- a/sanitizer/place.js
+++ b/sanitizer/place.js
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ var sanitizeAll = require('../sanitizer/sanitizeAll'),
       private: require('../sanitizer/_flag_bool')('private', false)
     };
 
-var sanitize = sanitizeAll.runAllChecks;
-
-// export sanitize for testing
-module.exports.sanitize = sanitize;
-module.exports.sanitizer_list = sanitizers;
-
 // middleware
 module.exports.middleware = function(req, res, next){
   sanitizeAll.runAllChecks(req, sanitizers);
diff --git a/sanitizer/reverse.js b/sanitizer/reverse.js
index 91094812..1ecb92e1 100644
--- a/sanitizer/reverse.js
+++ b/sanitizer/reverse.js
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ var sanitizeAll = require('../sanitizer/sanitizeAll'),
       boundary_country: require('../sanitizer/_boundary_country')()
     };
 
-var sanitize = sanitizeAll.runAllChecks;
-
-// export sanitize for testing
-module.exports.sanitize = sanitize;
-module.exports.sanitizer_list = sanitizers;
-
 // middleware
 module.exports.middleware = function( req, res, next ){
   sanitizeAll.runAllChecks(req, sanitizers);
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/sanitizeAll.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/sanitizeAll.js
index f74e7efb..e8502813 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/sanitizeAll.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/sanitizeAll.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ module.exports.tests.all = function(test, common) {
     t.end();
   });
 
-  test('unexpected parameters should throw warning', function(t) {
+  test('unexpected parameters should add warning', function(t) {
     var req = {
           query: {
             unknown_value: 'query value'
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ module.exports.tests.all = function(test, common) {
     t.end();
   });
 
-  test('expected parameters should not throw warning', function(t) {
+  test('expected parameters should not add warning', function(t) {
     var req = {
           query: {
             value: 'query value'