diff --git a/crates/api_common/src/context.rs b/crates/api_common/src/context.rs
index 77d430b20..334983b20 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/api_common/src/context.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ impl LemmyContext {
     let rate_limit_cell = RateLimitCell::with_test_config();
 
     let context = LemmyContext::create(pool, client, secret, rate_limit_cell.clone());
-    let config = FederationConfig::builder()
+
+    FederationConfig::builder()
       .domain(context.settings().hostname.clone())
       .app_data(context)
       .debug(true)
@@ -78,8 +79,7 @@ impl LemmyContext {
       .http_fetch_limit(0)
       .build()
       .await
-      .expect("build federation config");
-    return config;
+      .expect("build federation config")
   }
   pub async fn init_test_context() -> Data<LemmyContext> {
     let config = Self::init_test_federation_config().await;
diff --git a/crates/federate/Cargo.toml b/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
index 59c241e9c..8d98938a8 100644
--- a/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ url.workspace = true
 actix-web.workspace = true
 tracing-test = "0.2.5"
 uuid.workspace = true
-test-context = "0.3.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+test-context = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
index 6d06768bc..d52ca2ce3 100644
--- a/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/federate/src/worker.rs
@@ -422,10 +422,8 @@ mod test {
   use std::{fs::File, io::BufReader};
   use test_context::{test_context, AsyncTestContext};
   use tokio::{
-    select,
     spawn,
     sync::mpsc::{error::TryRecvError, unbounded_channel, UnboundedReceiver},
-    task::JoinHandle,
   };
   use tracing_test::traced_test;
   use url::Url;
@@ -462,8 +460,7 @@ mod test {
       let (inbox_sender, inbox_receiver) = unbounded_channel();
 
       // listen for received activities in background
-      let cancel_ = cancel.clone();
-      let wait_stop_server = listen_activities(inbox_sender, cancel_)?;
+      let wait_stop_server = listen_activities(inbox_sender)?;
 
       let fed_config = FederationWorkerConfig {
         concurrent_sends_per_instance: 1,
@@ -578,10 +575,7 @@ mod test {
     Ok(())
   }
 
-  fn listen_activities(
-    inbox_sender: UnboundedSender<String>,
-    cancel: CancellationToken,
-  ) -> LemmyResult<ServerHandle> {
+  fn listen_activities(inbox_sender: UnboundedSender<String>) -> LemmyResult<ServerHandle> {
     let run = HttpServer::new(move || {
       App::new()
         .app_data(actix_web::web::Data::new(inbox_sender.clone()))
@@ -616,7 +610,7 @@ mod test {
     let form = SentActivityForm {
       ap_id: Url::parse(&format!(
         "http://local.com/activity/{}",
-        uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string()
+        uuid::Uuid::new_v4()
       ))?
       .into(),
       data: serde_json::from_reader(reader)?,