diff --git a/src/plugins/status-bar.ts b/src/plugins/status-bar.ts
index 3f69330..e7f10ab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status-bar.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status-bar.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { commands, QuickPickItemKind, ThemeColor, window } from "vscode";
 import type { QuickPickItem } from "vscode";
 
 import { createPlugin } from "../plugins.ts";
-import { checkLocalstackInstalled } from "../utils/install.ts";
 
 export default createPlugin(
 	"status-bar",
diff --git a/src/utils/exec.ts b/src/utils/exec.ts
index d374f70..a48dd9d 100644
--- a/src/utils/exec.ts
+++ b/src/utils/exec.ts
@@ -1,39 +1,4 @@
 import * as childProcess from "node:child_process";
 import * as util from "node:util";
 
-// import { appendToEnvPath } from "./env-path.ts";
-
-export const COMMAND_NOT_FOUND_EXIT_CODE = 127;
-
 export const exec = util.promisify(childProcess.exec);
-
-// const execAsync = util.promisify(childProcess.exec);
-
-// export const exec = (command: string, options?: childProcess.ExecOptions) => {
-// 	return execAsync(command, {
-// 		env: {
-// 			...options?.env,
-// 			//
-// 			PATH: appendToEnvPath(options?.env.PATH ?? "", ""),
-// 		},
-// 		...options,
-// 	});
-// };
-
-export interface ExecException extends Error {
-	cmd: string;
-	code: number;
-	stdout: string;
-	stderr: string;
-}
-
-export function isExecException(error: unknown): error is ExecException {
-	return (
-		typeof error === "object" &&
-		error !== null &&
-		"code" in error &&
-		"cmd" in error &&
-		"stderr" in error &&
-		"stdout" in error
-	);
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/manage.ts b/src/utils/manage.ts
index 2a9931e..9114d29 100644
--- a/src/utils/manage.ts
+++ b/src/utils/manage.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,13 @@ import type { ExtensionContext, LogOutputChannel, MessageItem } from "vscode";
 import { commands, env, Uri, window } from "vscode";
 
 import { spawnLocalStack } from "./cli.ts";
-import { exec } from "./exec.ts";
 import { checkIsLicenseValid } from "./license.ts";
 import type { Telemetry } from "./telemetry.ts";
 
-export type LocalstackStatus = "running" | "starting" | "stopping" | "stopped";
-
-let previousStatus: LocalstackStatus | undefined;
-
 export async function fetchHealth(): Promise<boolean> {
-	// health is ok in the majority of use cases, however, determining status based on it can be flaky.
-	// for example, if localstack becomes unhealthy while running for reasons other that stop then reporting "stopping" may be misleading.
-	// though we don't know if it happens often.
+	// Health is OK in the majority of use cases, however, determining status based on it can be flaky.
+	// For example, if localstack becomes unhealthy while running for reasons other than the stop,
+	// then reporting "stopping" may be misleading.
 	try {
 		const response = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:4566/_localstack/health");
 		return response.ok;
@@ -38,50 +33,6 @@ async function fetchLocalStackSessionId(): Promise<string> {
 	return "";
 }
 
-async function getStatusFromCLI(): Promise<LocalstackStatus | undefined> {
-	try {
-		const result = await exec(
-			"docker inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' localstack-main",
-		);
-		if (result.stdout.includes("running")) {
-			return "running";
-		} else if (result.stdout.includes("stopped")) {
-			return "stopped";
-		}
-	} catch {
-		return undefined;
-	}
-}
-
-export async function getLocalstackStatus(): Promise<LocalstackStatus> {
-	const [healthOk, status] = await Promise.all([
-		fetchHealth(),
-		getStatusFromCLI(),
-	]);
-
-	if (healthOk && status === "running") {
-		previousStatus = "running";
-		return "running";
-	}
-
-	if (!healthOk && status !== "running") {
-		previousStatus = "stopped";
-		return "stopped";
-	}
-
-	if (previousStatus === "stopped" && !healthOk && status === "running") {
-		previousStatus = "starting";
-		return "starting";
-	}
-
-	if (previousStatus === "running" && !healthOk) {
-		previousStatus = "stopping";
-		return "stopping";
-	}
-
-	return previousStatus ?? "stopped";
-}
-
 export async function startLocalStack(
 	outputChannel: LogOutputChannel,
 	telemetry: Telemetry,
@@ -226,25 +177,6 @@ async function showErrorMessage(
 	}
 }
 
-export async function getLocalstackVersion(
-	outputChannel: LogOutputChannel,
-): Promise<string | undefined> {
-	try {
-		const { stdout } = await exec("localstack --version");
-		const versionMatch = stdout.match(/\d+\.\d+\.\d+/);
-		if (!versionMatch) {
-			outputChannel.error(
-				`Failed to parse LocalStack from version output: ${stdout}`,
-			);
-			return undefined;
-		}
-
-		return versionMatch[0];
-	} catch {
-		return undefined;
-	}
-}
-
 // Checks for session_id in workspaceState, creates if missing
 export async function getOrCreateExtensionSessionId(
 	context: ExtensionContext,
diff --git a/src/utils/prompts.ts b/src/utils/prompts.ts
index fc47098..b4e26c4 100644
--- a/src/utils/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/utils/prompts.ts
@@ -6,47 +6,6 @@ import type { CancellationToken, LogOutputChannel } from "vscode";
 
 import { spawn, SpawnError } from "./spawn.ts";
 
-export interface DarwinPromptOptions {
-	message: string;
-	title: string;
-	icon: "note";
-	buttons: string[];
-	outputChannel: LogOutputChannel;
-	outputLabel?: string;
-	cancellationToken?: CancellationToken;
-}
-
-export async function darwinPrompt(
-	options: DarwinPromptOptions,
-): Promise<{ cancelled: boolean }> {
-	try {
-		await spawn(
-			"osascript",
-			[
-				"-e",
-				`'display dialog ${JSON.stringify(options.message)} with title ${JSON.stringify(options.title)} with icon ${options.icon} buttons {${options.buttons.map((button) => JSON.stringify(button)).join(",")}} default button 1'`,
-			],
-			{
-				outputChannel: options.outputChannel,
-				outputLabel: options.outputLabel,
-				cancellationToken: options.cancellationToken,
-			},
-		);
-		return {
-			cancelled: false,
-		};
-	} catch (error) {
-		options.outputChannel.error(error instanceof Error ? error : String(error));
-
-		// osascript will terminate with code 1 if the user cancels the dialog.
-		if (error instanceof SpawnError && error.code === 1) {
-			return { cancelled: true };
-		}
-
-		throw error;
-	}
-}
-
 export interface SpawnElevatedDarwinOptions {
 	script: string;
 	outputChannel: LogOutputChannel;