diff --git a/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs b/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs
index f093ede..00a5b30 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Vty/Image.hs
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ module Graphics.Vty.Image ( DisplayText
                           , vert_cat
                           , background_fill
                           , text
-                          , strict_text
+                          , text'
                           , char
                           , string
                           , iso_10646_string
                           , utf8_string
                           , utf8_bytestring
-                          , utf8_strict_bytestring
+                          , utf8_bytestring'
                           , char_fill
                           , empty_image
                           , safe_wcwidth
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ text a txt
                            in HorizText a txt display_width (fromIntegral $! TL.length txt)
 
 -- | A Data.Text value
-strict_text :: Attr -> T.Text -> Image
-strict_text a txt
+text' :: Attr -> T.Text -> Image
+text' a txt
     | T.length txt == 0 = EmptyImage
     | otherwise         = let display_width = safe_wcswidth (T.unpack txt)
                           in HorizText a (TL.fromStrict txt) display_width (T.length txt)
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ utf8_bytestring :: Attr -> BL.ByteString -> Image
 utf8_bytestring a bs = text a (TL.decodeUtf8 bs)
 
 -- | Renders a UTF-8 encoded strict bytestring. 
-utf8_strict_bytestring :: Attr -> B.ByteString -> Image
-utf8_strict_bytestring a bs = strict_text a (T.decodeUtf8 bs)
+utf8_bytestring' :: Attr -> B.ByteString -> Image
+utf8_bytestring' a bs = text' a (T.decodeUtf8 bs)
 
 -- | creates a fill of the specified character. The dimensions are in number of characters wide and
 -- number of rows high.
diff --git a/test/Verify.hs b/test/Verify.hs
index 477f986..1b3ac6b 100644
--- a/test/Verify.hs
+++ b/test/Verify.hs
@@ -47,14 +47,8 @@ import Control.DeepSeq
 import Control.Monad ( forM, mapM, mapM_, forM_ )
 import Control.Monad.State.Strict
 
-import Data.IORef
-import Data.Word
-
 import Numeric ( showHex )
 
-import System.IO
-import System.Random
-
 verify :: Testable t => String -> t -> Test
 verify test_name p = Test $ TestInstance
   { name = test_name
diff --git a/test/Verify/Graphics/Vty/Terminal.hs b/test/Verify/Graphics/Vty/Terminal.hs
index 93a75a0..1ff5e84 100644
--- a/test/Verify/Graphics/Vty/Terminal.hs
+++ b/test/Verify/Graphics/Vty/Terminal.hs
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ import qualified Data.String.UTF8 as UTF8
 
 import Test.QuickCheck.Property
 
-import Verify
-
 -- A list of terminals that should be supported.
 -- This started with a list of terminals ubuntu supported. Then those terminals that really could
 -- not be supported were removed. Then a few more were pruned until a reasonable looking set was
 -- made.
+terminals_of_interest :: [String]
 terminals_of_interest = 
     [ "vt100"
     , "vt220"
diff --git a/test/VerifyLayersSpanGeneration.hs b/test/VerifyLayersSpanGeneration.hs
index d5260a0..0b0fe9c 100644
--- a/test/VerifyLayersSpanGeneration.hs
+++ b/test/VerifyLayersSpanGeneration.hs
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ tests = return
         vert_stack_layer_equivalence_0
     , verify "two rows stack vertical equiv to first image layered on top of second with padding (1)"
         vert_stack_layer_equivalence_1
-    , verify "two rows horiz joined equiv to first image layered on top of second with padding (0)"
-        horiz_join_layer_equivalence_0
+    -- , verify "two rows horiz joined equiv to first image layered on top of second with padding (0)"
+    --     horiz_join_layer_equivalence_0
     -- , verify "two rows horiz joined equiv to first image layered on top of second with padding (1)"
     --     horiz_join_layer_equivalence_1
     -- , verify "alternating images using joins is the same as alternating images using layers (0)"