diff --git a/js/id/renderer/hash.js b/js/id/renderer/hash.js
index 4365a1515..05691ef59 100644
--- a/js/id/renderer/hash.js
+++ b/js/id/renderer/hash.js
@@ -4,16 +4,8 @@ iD.Hash = function() {
         lat = 90 - 1e-8, // allowable latitude range
         map;
 
-    function qs(str) {
-        return str.split('&').reduce(function(obj, pair){
-            var parts = pair.split('=');
-            obj[parts[0]] = (null === parts[1]) ? '' : decodeURIComponent(parts[1]);
-            return obj;
-        }, {});
-    }
-
     var parser = function(map, s) {
-        var q = qs(s);
+        var q = iD.util.stringQs(s);
         var args = (q.map || '').split("/").map(Number);
         if (args.length < 3 || args.some(isNaN)) {
             return true; // replace bogus hash
diff --git a/js/id/renderer/map.js b/js/id/renderer/map.js
index 7aa10cd23..a00327aa3 100644
--- a/js/id/renderer/map.js
+++ b/js/id/renderer/map.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ iD.Map = function() {
         selection = null,
         translateStart,
         keybinding,
-        apiTilesLoaded = {},
         projection = d3.geo.mercator(),
         zoom = d3.behavior.zoom()
             .translate(projection.translate())
diff --git a/js/id/util.js b/js/id/util.js
index 08cf6a635..2c83d96b8 100644
--- a/js/id/util.js
+++ b/js/id/util.js
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ iD.util.tagText = function(entity) {
     }).join('\n');
 };
 
+iD.util.stringQs = function(str) {
+    return str.split('&').reduce(function(obj, pair){
+        var parts = pair.split('=');
+        obj[parts[0]] = (null === parts[1]) ? '' : decodeURIComponent(parts[1]);
+        return obj;
+    }, {});
+};
+
 iD.util.qsString = function(obj) {
     return Object.keys(obj).sort().map(function(key) {
         return encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(obj[key]);
diff --git a/test/spec/util.js b/test/spec/util.js
index 8a23b131a..6c47a98aa 100644
--- a/test/spec/util.js
+++ b/test/spec/util.js
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ describe('Util', function() {
             it('correctly says that a node is in an extent', function() {
                 expect(iD.util.geo.nodeIntersect({
                     lat: 0, lon: 0
-                }, [
-                    [-180, 90],
+                }, [[-180, 90],
                     [180, -90]])).to.be.true;
             });
             it('correctly says that a node is outside of an extent', function() {
                 expect(iD.util.geo.nodeIntersect({
                     lat: 0, lon: 0
-                }, [
-                    [100, 90],
+                }, [[100, 90],
                     [180, -90]])).to.be.false;
             });
         });