diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ebbed03..73c3822 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cesride"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.6.3"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Cryptographic primitives for use with Composable Event Streaming Representation (CESR)"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/core/bexter.rs b/src/core/bexter.rs
index c6604bc..1d20549 100644
--- a/src/core/bexter.rs
+++ b/src/core/bexter.rs
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(bexter.bext().unwrap(), bext);
     }
 
+    #[rstest]
     fn unhappy() {
         assert!(Bexter::new(
             None,
diff --git a/src/core/common.rs b/src/core/common.rs
index b62d525..5a688bf 100644
--- a/src/core/common.rs
+++ b/src/core/common.rs
@@ -102,26 +102,6 @@ pub mod Ids {
 const REVER_STRING: &str = "(?P<ident>[A-Z]{4})(?P<major>[0-9a-f])(?P<minor>[0-9a-f])(?P<kind>[A-Z]{4})(?P<size>[0-9a-f]{6})_";
 const IDENTS: &[&str] = &[Identage::ACDC, Identage::KERI];
 const SERIALS: &[&str] = &[Serialage::JSON];
-const ILKS: &[&str] = &[
-    Ilkage::icp,
-    Ilkage::rot,
-    Ilkage::ixn,
-    Ilkage::dip,
-    Ilkage::drt,
-    Ilkage::rct,
-    Ilkage::ksn,
-    Ilkage::qry,
-    Ilkage::rpy,
-    Ilkage::exn,
-    Ilkage::pro,
-    Ilkage::bar,
-    Ilkage::vcp,
-    Ilkage::vrt,
-    Ilkage::iss,
-    Ilkage::rev,
-    Ilkage::bis,
-    Ilkage::brv,
-];
 
 pub(crate) const DUMMY: u8 = b'#';
 
diff --git a/src/core/prefixer.rs b/src/core/prefixer.rs
index 0f1ba4d..0c6a95a 100644
--- a/src/core/prefixer.rs
+++ b/src/core/prefixer.rs
@@ -448,10 +448,6 @@ mod test {
         assert!(result);
     }
 
-    fn build_verfer(code: &str, raw: &[u8]) -> Verfer {
-        Verfer::new(Some(code), Some(raw), None, None, None).unwrap()
-    }
-
     #[rstest]
     #[case(
         None,
diff --git a/src/core/salter.rs b/src/core/salter.rs
index ec4f214..5ccd084 100644
--- a/src/core/salter.rs
+++ b/src/core/salter.rs
@@ -281,12 +281,6 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     impl Seal {
-        pub fn new(i: &str, s: &str, d: &str, last: Option<bool>) -> Self {
-            let last = last.unwrap_or(false);
-
-            Self { i: i.to_string(), s: s.to_string(), d: d.to_string(), last }
-        }
-
         pub fn i(&self) -> String {
             self.i.clone()
         }
@@ -370,14 +364,6 @@ mod test {
 
             Ok(Vault { current, next })
         }
-
-        pub fn current(&self) -> Vec<Signer> {
-            self.current.clone()
-        }
-
-        pub fn next(&self) -> Vec<Signer> {
-            self.next.clone()
-        }
     }
 
     fn messagize(
diff --git a/src/core/serder.rs b/src/core/serder.rs
index 502a5e4..8286e72 100644
--- a/src/core/serder.rs
+++ b/src/core/serder.rs
@@ -568,16 +568,6 @@ pub(crate) mod test {
         assert!(Serder::new(None, None, None, Some(&ked), None).is_err());
     }
 
-    pub(crate) mod traiter {
-        #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
-        #[allow(non_snake_case)]
-        mod Codex {
-            const EstOnly: &str = "EO";
-            const DoNotDelegate: &str = "DND";
-            const NoBackeds: &str = "NB";
-        }
-    }
-
     // what follows is a simple inception function. it is used above to verify serder functionality.
 
     // this function uses convenience methods unlike most test code. it is likely that it will
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0fd4041..876c169 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// TODO: remove before 1.0.0
-#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![deny(warnings)]
 
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod data;