diff --git a/controller/nucleus/pndStore.go b/controller/nucleus/pndStore.go
index 876e03742f71b2503aa6fb60bb629df00ee7d5a4..0beb13b4c5009dccd3fd8c2c35fb4f68401a273e 100644
--- a/controller/nucleus/pndStore.go
+++ b/controller/nucleus/pndStore.go
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-const (
-	pndStoreName = "pnd"
-)
-
 // LoadedPnd represents a Principal Network Domain that was loaeded by using
 // the Load() method of the PndStore.
 type LoadedPnd struct {
diff --git a/controller/nucleus/sbiStore.go b/controller/nucleus/sbiStore.go
index fa992e4c1be4b1e8fbe993db59b8545658db2f7b..803dbf043a32998f9481e19e7e5d63bec17879ad 100644
--- a/controller/nucleus/sbiStore.go
+++ b/controller/nucleus/sbiStore.go
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
-const (
-	sbiStoreName = "sbi"
-)
-
 // SbiStore is used to store SouthboundInterfaces
 type SbiStore struct {
 	sbiStoreName string