diff --git a/internal/api/exports_test.go b/internal/api/exports_test.go
index 5e38a52..6cb5f0c 100644
--- a/internal/api/exports_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/exports_test.go
@@ -1111,15 +1111,6 @@ func (zeros) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return len(p), nil
 }
 
-func mustRead(t *testing.T, r io.Reader) []byte {
-	t.Helper()
-	b, err := io.ReadAll(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return b
-}
-
 // TestExportUploadPace: the Job's upload waits for the browser longer than the
 // body-deadline grace, and then moves at the browser's pace, without being cut
 // off; a body that stops moving for exportStall is.
diff --git a/internal/operator/stalepod_test.go b/internal/operator/stalepod_test.go
index 37e1552..046ea39 100644
--- a/internal/operator/stalepod_test.go
+++ b/internal/operator/stalepod_test.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func TestSpecChangeReplacesAPodThatGaveUp(t *testing.T) {
 	// The admin corrects the image; the StatefulSet takes the new template but,
 	// the pod never having been ready, leaves the pod as it is.
 	editImage(t, c, "registry.internal/felis/paper:fixed")
-	s = at(time.Hour + time.Second)
+	at(time.Hour + time.Second)
 	if !podPresent(t, c) {
 		t.Fatal("the pod was deleted before the StatefulSet had observed the new template")
 	}