diff --git a/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/api.rs b/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/api.rs
index d455fa42..e6499bd9 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/api.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/api.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ impl VeilidAPI {
     /// `XmnGyJrjMJBRC5ayJZRPXWTBspdX36-pbLb98H3UMeE` will be parsed with the 'best' cryptosystem
     /// available (at the time of this writing this is `VLD0`)
     #[instrument(target = "veilid_api", level = "debug", skip(self), fields(s=s.to_string()), ret, err)]
-    pub async fn parse_as_target<S: ToString>(&self, s: S) -> VeilidAPIResult<Target> {
+    pub fn parse_as_target<S: ToString>(&self, s: S) -> VeilidAPIResult<Target> {
         let s = s.to_string();
 
         event!(target: "veilid_api", Level::DEBUG, 
diff --git a/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs b/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
index a6541d4e..f045ae4b 100644
--- a/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
+++ b/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn routing_context_app_call(port: i64, id: u32, target: FfiStr, r
         let routing_context = get_routing_context(id, "routing_context_app_call")?;
 
         let veilid_api = get_veilid_api().await?;
-        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string).await?;
+        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string)?;
         let answer = routing_context.app_call(target, request).await?;
         let answer = data_encoding::BASE64URL_NOPAD.encode(&answer);
         APIResult::Ok(answer)
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn routing_context_app_message(port: i64, id: u32, target: FfiStr
         let routing_context = get_routing_context(id, "routing_context_app_message")?;
 
         let veilid_api = get_veilid_api().await?;
-        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string).await?;
+        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string)?;
         routing_context.app_message(target, message).await?;
         APIRESULT_VOID
     });
diff --git a/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs b/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs
index 53d48b21..1fd778be 100644
--- a/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/veilid-wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ pub fn routing_context_app_call(id: u32, target_string: String, request: String)
         let routing_context = get_routing_context(id, "routing_context_app_call")?;
 
         let veilid_api = get_veilid_api()?;
-        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string).await?;
+        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string)?;
         let answer = routing_context.app_call(target, request).await?;
         let answer = data_encoding::BASE64URL_NOPAD.encode(&answer);
         APIResult::Ok(answer)
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ pub fn routing_context_app_message(id: u32, target_string: String, message: Stri
         let routing_context = get_routing_context(id, "routing_context_app_message")?;
 
         let veilid_api = get_veilid_api()?;
-        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string).await?;
+        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string)?;
         routing_context.app_message(target, message).await?;
         APIRESULT_UNDEFINED
     })
diff --git a/veilid-wasm/src/veilid_routing_context_js.rs b/veilid-wasm/src/veilid_routing_context_js.rs
index 4a7201d7..0834ac4a 100644
--- a/veilid-wasm/src/veilid_routing_context_js.rs
+++ b/veilid-wasm/src/veilid_routing_context_js.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl VeilidRoutingContext {
         let routing_context = self.getRoutingContext()?;
         let message = message.into_vec();
         let veilid_api = get_veilid_api()?;
-        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string).await?;
+        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string)?;
         routing_context.app_message(target, message).await?;
         APIRESULT_UNDEFINED
     }
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl VeilidRoutingContext {
         let routing_context = self.getRoutingContext()?;
 
         let veilid_api = get_veilid_api()?;
-        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string).await?;
+        let target = veilid_api.parse_as_target(target_string)?;
         let answer = routing_context.app_call(target, request).await?;
         let answer = Uint8Array::from(answer.as_slice());
         APIResult::Ok(answer)