diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json b/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json
index bdeaf1eb73..6c1f0b1cde 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         "@types/glob": "5.0.35",
         "@types/mkdirp": "^0.5.2",
         "@types/node": "*",
-        "@types/opn": "^5.1.0",
         "@types/rimraf": "^2.0.2",
         "@types/semver": "5.5.0",
         "@types/yargs": "^11.0.0",
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@
         "lodash": "^4.17.11",
         "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
         "moment": "2.21.0",
-        "opn": "^5.3.0",
         "promisify-child-process": "^1.0.5",
         "prompt": "^1.0.0",
         "publish-release": "https://github.com/0xProject/publish-release.git#3f8be1105a356527f4b362ff456d94bf9a82f2ed",
diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
index bdcb8f023e..429b70b639 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as promisify from 'es6-promisify';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as moment from 'moment';
-import opn = require('opn');
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { exec as execAsync, spawn as spawnAsync } from 'promisify-child-process';
 import * as prompt from 'prompt';
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import { DocGenerateUtils } from './utils/doc_generate_utils';
 import { publishReleaseNotesAsync } from './utils/github_release_utils';
 import { utils } from './utils/utils';
 
-const NPM_NAMESPACE = '@0x/';
 const TODAYS_TIMESTAMP = moment().unix();
 
 async function confirmAsync(message: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ async function confirmAsync(message: string): Promise<void> {
     });
 
     // Generate markdown docs for packages
-    const isStaging = true;
     await generateDocMDAsync(packagesWithDocs);
 
     // Push changelogs changes and markdown docs to Github