diff --git a/bubble-server/pom.xml b/bubble-server/pom.xml
index e410e5d1..1d958084 100644
--- a/bubble-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bubble-server/pom.xml
@@ -190,12 +190,6 @@
             <version>${aws.sdk.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-codec.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
             <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
diff --git a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java
index 58e6964e..45b5ed97 100644
--- a/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java
+++ b/bubble-server/src/main/java/bubble/server/BubbleConfiguration.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.apache.commons.collections.map.DefaultedMap;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.collection.MapBuilder;
 import org.cobbzilla.util.handlebars.HandlebarsUtil;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ import org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.RestServerHarness;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.config.HasDatabaseConfiguration;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.config.LegalInfo;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.config.PgRestServerConfiguration;
-import org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.config.RecaptchaConfig;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.util.ClasspathScanner;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -145,10 +143,6 @@ public class BubbleConfiguration extends PgRestServerConfiguration
         return redis;
     }
 
-    @Getter @Setter private Map<String, Integer> threadPoolSizes = new DefaultedMap(2);
-
-    @Getter @Setter private RecaptchaConfig recaptcha;
-
     @JsonIgnore @Transient public synchronized BubbleNode getThisNode () {
         return getBean(StandardSelfNodeService.class).getThisNode();
     }
diff --git a/utils/cobbzilla-utils b/utils/cobbzilla-utils
index d8cb733a..a449fdac 160000
--- a/utils/cobbzilla-utils
+++ b/utils/cobbzilla-utils
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d8cb733a4dbfe2d48881ecb6446b0ed4abbc8d04
+Subproject commit a449fdacc3066ab3724b7ea592be871eaa7c6bc8