diff --git a/src/admin/mod.rs b/src/admin/mod.rs
index 6c765f4b..2e969411 100644
--- a/src/admin/mod.rs
+++ b/src/admin/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![expect(clippy::enum_glob_use)]
 #![expect(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 
 pub(crate) mod admin;
diff --git a/src/core/benches/state_res.rs b/src/core/benches/state_res.rs
index 0a9bcbca..8599e489 100644
--- a/src/core/benches/state_res.rs
+++ b/src/core/benches/state_res.rs
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ impl<E: Event> TestStore<E> {
 }
 
 impl TestStore<PduEvent> {
-	#[expect(clippy::type_complexity)]
 	fn set_up(
 		&mut self,
 	) -> (StateMap<OwnedEventId>, StateMap<OwnedEventId>, StateMap<OwnedEventId>) {
diff --git a/src/core/matrix/state_res/resolve/tests.rs b/src/core/matrix/state_res/resolve/tests.rs
index 58fedb1e..88b32769 100644
--- a/src/core/matrix/state_res/resolve/tests.rs
+++ b/src/core/matrix/state_res/resolve/tests.rs
@@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ fn JOIN_RULE() -> HashMap<OwnedEventId, PduEvent> {
 
 macro_rules! state_set {
     ($($kind:expr => $key:expr => $id:expr),* $(,)?) => {{
-        #[expect(unused_mut)]
         let mut x = StateMap::new();
         $(
             x.insert(($kind, $key.into()), $id);
diff --git a/src/core/matrix/state_res/test_utils.rs b/src/core/matrix/state_res/test_utils.rs
index 0f96cf80..104ee551 100644
--- a/src/core/matrix/state_res/test_utils.rs
+++ b/src/core/matrix/state_res/test_utils.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ pub(super) async fn do_check(
 	assert_eq!(expected_state, end_state);
 }
 
-#[expect(clippy::exhaustive_structs)]
 pub(super) struct TestStore(pub(super) HashMap<OwnedEventId, PduEvent>);
 
 impl TestStore {
@@ -286,7 +285,6 @@ impl TestStore {
 }
 
 // A StateStore implementation for testing
-#[expect(clippy::type_complexity)]
 impl TestStore {
 	pub(super) fn set_up(
 		&mut self,
diff --git a/src/core/utils/tests.rs b/src/core/utils/tests.rs
index 4479d08b..98f706f8 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/tests.rs
+++ b/src/core/utils/tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![expect(clippy::disallowed_methods)]
-
 use crate::utils;
 
 #[test]
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ async fn mutex_map_contend() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[expect(clippy::iter_on_single_items, clippy::many_single_char_names)]
 fn set_intersection_none() {
 	use utils::set::intersection;
 
diff --git a/src/router/request.rs b/src/router/request.rs
index b0bb4605..95a9dcb5 100644
--- a/src/router/request.rs
+++ b/src/router/request.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn handle(
 	skip_all,
 	ret(level = "trace"),
 )]
+#[cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), expect(unused_variables))]
 async fn execute(
 	// we made a safety contract that Services will not go out of scope
 	// during the request; this ensures a reference is accounted for at
diff --git a/src/service/admin/execute.rs b/src/service/admin/execute.rs
index b8aacd30..a46c53d7 100644
--- a/src/service/admin/execute.rs
+++ b/src/service/admin/execute.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub(super) const SIGNAL: &str = "SIGUSR2";
 
 /// Possibly spawn the terminal console at startup if configured.
 #[implement(super::Service)]
-#[expect(clippy::unused_async)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "console"), expect(clippy::unused_async))]
 pub(super) async fn console_auto_start(&self) {
 	#[cfg(feature = "console")]
 	if self
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub(super) async fn console_auto_start(&self) {
 
 /// Shutdown the console when the admin worker terminates.
 #[implement(super::Service)]
-#[expect(clippy::unused_async)]
+#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "console"), expect(clippy::unused_async))]
 pub(super) async fn console_auto_stop(&self) {
 	#[cfg(feature = "console")]
 	self.console.close().await;
diff --git a/src/service/manager.rs b/src/service/manager.rs
index c5c9b911..32e09ac6 100644
--- a/src/service/manager.rs
+++ b/src/service/manager.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ impl Manager {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
+	#[allow(clippy::unused_self)]
 	fn handle_abort(&self, _workers: &mut WorkersLocked<'_>, error: &Error) -> Result {
 		// not supported until service can be associated with abort
 		unimplemented!("unexpected worker task abort {error:?}");
diff --git a/src/service/uiaa/mod.rs b/src/service/uiaa/mod.rs
index a4fb795d..c28bd587 100644
--- a/src/service/uiaa/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/uiaa/mod.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn create(
 }
 
 #[implement(Service)]
-#[expect(clippy::useless_let_if_seq)]
+#[allow(clippy::useless_let_if_seq)]
 pub async fn try_auth(
 	&self,
 	user_id: &UserId,