diff --git a/sharding/collation.go b/sharding/collation.go
index 9221b388e..108c9ca0f 100644
--- a/sharding/collation.go
+++ b/sharding/collation.go
@@ -220,9 +220,6 @@ func (ch Chunks) Len() int { return len(ch) }
 
 // GetRlp returns the RLP encoding of one chunk from the list.
 func (ch Chunks) GetRlp(i int) []byte {
-	bytes, err := rlp.EncodeToBytes(ch[i])
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	bytes, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(ch[i])
 	return bytes
 }
diff --git a/sharding/collation_test.go b/sharding/collation_test.go
index cfb517abd..5d74907c0 100644
--- a/sharding/collation_test.go
+++ b/sharding/collation_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package sharding
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"math/big"
@@ -141,13 +139,9 @@ func Test_CalculatePOC(t *testing.T) {
 		makeTxWithGasLimit(100),
 	}
 	c := NewCollation(header, body, transactions)
-
 	c.CalculateChunkRoot()
 	salt := []byte{1, 0x9f}
-	fmt.Printf("%x\n", c.header.data.ChunkRoot)
 	poc := c.CalculatePOC(salt)
-	fmt.Printf("%x\n", c.header.data.ChunkRoot)
-	fmt.Printf("%x\n", poc)
 
 	if poc == *c.header.data.ChunkRoot {
 		t.Errorf("Proof of Custody with Salt: %x does not differ from ChunkRoot without salt.", salt)