diff --git a/pkg/engine2/cli.go b/pkg/engine2/cli.go
index 01b6e4be4..354f8bac8 100644
--- a/pkg/engine2/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/engine2/cli.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/klothoplatform/klotho/pkg/templates"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
@@ -59,9 +58,6 @@ var getValidEdgeTargetsCfg struct {
 	verbose    bool
 }
 
-var hadWarnings = atomic.NewBool(false)
-var hadErrors = atomic.NewBool(false)
-
 func setupLogger() (*zap.Logger, error) {
 	var zapCfg zap.Config
 	if architectureEngineCfg.verbose {