diff --git a/src/app/debugger/debugger.js b/src/app/debugger/debugger.js
index 4a8c3c1859..5a132bf361 100644
--- a/src/app/debugger/debugger.js
+++ b/src/app/debugger/debugger.js
@@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ var globalRegistry = require('../../global/registry')
 /**
  * Manage remix and source highlighting
  */
-function Debugger (container, sourceHighlighter, localRegistry) {
+function Debugger (sourceHighlighter) {
   var self = this
   this.event = new EventManager()
 
   this._components = {
     sourceHighlighter: sourceHighlighter
   }
-  // TODO: localRegistry doesn't seem to be actually used anywhere
-  this._components.registry = localRegistry || globalRegistry
+  this._components.registry = globalRegistry
   // dependencies
   this._deps = {
     offsetToLineColumnConverter: this._components.registry.get('offsettolinecolumnconverter').api,
diff --git a/src/app/debugger/debuggerUI.js b/src/app/debugger/debuggerUI.js
index 2fb6c987a6..2a3434fef8 100644
--- a/src/app/debugger/debuggerUI.js
+++ b/src/app/debugger/debuggerUI.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var SourceHighlighter = require('../editor/sourceHighlighter')
 class DebuggerUI {
 
   constructor (container) {
-    this.transactionDebugger = new Debugger(container, new SourceHighlighter())
+    this.transactionDebugger = new Debugger(new SourceHighlighter())
     this.isActive = false
 
     this.debugger_ui = new OldEthdebuggerUI({debugger: this.transactionDebugger.debugger})