diff --git a/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/sql_params.rs b/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/sql_params.rs
index 6c617679de..7e1040755b 100644
--- a/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/sql_params.rs
+++ b/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/sql_params.rs
@@ -71,14 +71,6 @@ impl SqlParams {
             .collect()
     }
 
-    pub fn keys_except_columns(&self, excludes: Vec<&str>) -> Vec<String> {
-        self.params
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|p| !excludes.contains(&p.column.as_str()))
-            .map(|p| p.key.clone())
-            .collect()
-    }
-
     pub fn key_for(&self, column: &str) -> Option<String> {
         self.params
             .iter()
@@ -93,28 +85,6 @@ impl SqlParams {
             .collect()
     }
 
-    pub fn columns_except(&self, excludes: Vec<&str>) -> Vec<String> {
-        self.params
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|p| !excludes.contains(&p.column.as_str()))
-            .map(|p| p.column())
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    pub fn columns_prefix_with(&self, prefix: &str) -> Vec<String> {
-        self.params
-            .iter()
-            .map(|p| format!("{}{}", prefix, p.column()))
-            .collect()
-    }
-
-    pub fn set_columns_equal(&self, assign_prefix: &str, source_prefix: &str) -> Vec<String> {
-        self.params
-            .iter()
-            .map(|p| format!("{}{} = {}{}", assign_prefix, p.column(), source_prefix, p.column()))
-            .collect()
-    }
-
     pub fn set_columns_equal_except(
         &self,
         assign_prefix: &str,
@@ -135,58 +105,3 @@ impl SqlParams {
             .collect()
     }
 }
-
-pub struct VecStringBuilder<'a> {
-    strings: Vec<String>,
-    ops: Vec<StringBuilderOperation<'a>>,
-}
-
-enum StringBuilderOperation<'a> {
-    StringOperation(Box<dyn Fn(String) -> String + 'a>),
-    VectorOperation(Box<dyn Fn(Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> + 'a>),
-}
-
-impl<'a> VecStringBuilder<'a> {
-    pub fn new(strings: Vec<String>) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            strings,
-            ops: Vec::new(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn map<F>(&mut self, op: F)
-    where
-        F: Fn(String) -> String + 'static,
-    {
-        self.ops.push(StringBuilderOperation::StringOperation(Box::new(op)));
-    }
-
-    pub fn build(self) -> Vec<String> {
-        let mut result = self.strings;
-        for op in self.ops {
-            match op {
-                StringBuilderOperation::StringOperation(f) => {
-                    result = result.into_iter().map(f.as_ref()).collect();
-                }
-                StringBuilderOperation::VectorOperation(f) => {
-                    result = f(result);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        result
-    }
-
-    pub fn join(self, sep: &str) -> String {
-        self.build().join(sep)
-    }
-
-    pub fn except(&mut self, excludes: Vec<&'a str>) {
-        self.ops.push(StringBuilderOperation::VectorOperation(Box::new(
-            move |vec: Vec<String>| {
-                vec.into_iter()
-                    .filter(|s| !excludes.contains(&s.as_str()))
-                    .collect()
-            },
-        )));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/akd/crates/ms_database/Cargo.toml b/akd/crates/ms_database/Cargo.toml
index 25ec3882e5..559866c5e4 100644
--- a/akd/crates/ms_database/Cargo.toml
+++ b/akd/crates/ms_database/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ tiberius = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false, features = ["chrono",
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))'.workspace.dependencies]
 tiberius = { version = "0.12.3", features = ["chrono", "tokio"] }
 
-
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/akd/crates/publisher/src/main.rs b/akd/crates/publisher/src/main.rs
index 667c2eb7eb..b4279d80f7 100644
--- a/akd/crates/publisher/src/main.rs
+++ b/akd/crates/publisher/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use tracing::{info, trace};
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()