diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore.clj b/blobstore/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore.clj
index b99c18badf..6388f61f95 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore.clj
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore.clj
@@ -70,18 +70,6 @@ Options can also be specified for extension modules
   `(binding [*blobstore* (as-blobstore ~@blobstore-or-args)]
      ~@body))
 
-(defn- parse-args
-  "Takes a seq of 'ssh' arguments and returns a map of option keywords
-  to option values."
-  [args]
-  (loop [[arg :as args] args
-         opts {:cmd [] :out "UTF-8"}]
-    (if-not args
-      opts
-      (if (keyword? arg)
-        (recur (nnext args) (assoc opts arg (second args)))
-        (recur (next args) (update-in opts [:cmd] conj arg))))))
-
 (defn- parse-args
   "Parses arguments, recognises keywords in the set single as boolean switches."
   [args single default]
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
index 265e68c45e..0a5fc1ce96 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/clojure/org/jclouds/blobstore_test.clj
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 (def stub-blobstore (.getBlobStore stub-context))
 
 (defn clean-stub-fixture [f]
-  (doall
-   (map
-    #(.deleteContainer stub-blobstore (.getName %)) (.list stub-blobstore)))
+  (doseq [container (.list stub-blobstore)]
+    (.deleteContainer stub-blobstore (.getName container)))
   (f))
 
 (use-fixtures :each clean-stub-fixture)
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@
   (with-blobstore [stub-blobstore]
     (is (= stub-blobstore *blobstore*))))
 
-(deftest create-container-test
+(deftest create-existing-container-test
   (is (not (container-exists? stub-blobstore "")))
   (with-blobstore [stub-blobstore]
     (is (not (container-exists? ""))))
@@ -79,3 +78,5 @@
     (is (= 3 (count (list-container "container"))))
     (is (= 4 (count (list-container "container" :recursive))))
     (is (= 1 (count (list-container "container" :in-directory "dir"))))))
+
+;; TODO: more tests involving blob-specific functions