diff --git a/veilid-core/src/intf/native/system.rs b/veilid-core/src/intf/native/system.rs
index 81b5d073..8a81969c 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/intf/native/system.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/intf/native/system.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ cfg_if! {
     }
 }
 
+#[expect(clippy::unused_async)]
 pub async fn txt_lookup<S: AsRef<str>>(host: S) -> EyreResult<Vec<String>> {
     cfg_if! {
         if #[cfg(target_os = "windows")] {
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ pub async fn txt_lookup<S: AsRef<str>>(host: S) -> EyreResult<Vec<String>> {
     }
 }
 
+#[expect(clippy::unused_async)]
 pub async fn ptr_lookup(ip_addr: IpAddr) -> EyreResult<String> {
     cfg_if! {
         if #[cfg(target_os = "windows")] {
diff --git a/veilid-tools/src/ipc/ipc_tokio/windows.rs b/veilid-tools/src/ipc/ipc_tokio/windows.rs
index d8e88840..3d157db1 100644
--- a/veilid-tools/src/ipc/ipc_tokio/windows.rs
+++ b/veilid-tools/src/ipc/ipc_tokio/windows.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct IpcStream {
 }
 
 impl IpcStream {
+    #[expect(clippy::unused_async)]
     pub async fn connect<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<IpcStream> {
         Ok(IpcStream {
             internal: IpcStreamInternal::Client(
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ impl FuturesAsyncWrite for IpcStream {
 
 pub struct IpcIncoming<'a> {
     listener: IpcListener,
-    unord: FuturesUnordered<PinBoxFuture<io::Result<IpcStream>>>,
+    unord: FuturesUnordered<PinBoxFutureStatic<io::Result<IpcStream>>>,
     phantom: std::marker::PhantomData<&'a ()>,
 }
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ impl IpcListener {
 
     /// Accepts a new incoming connection to this listener.
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn accept(&self) -> PinBoxFuture<io::Result<IpcStream>> {
+    pub fn accept(&self) -> PinBoxFutureStatic<io::Result<IpcStream>> {
         if self.path.is_none() {
             return Box::pin(std::future::ready(Err(io::Error::from(
                 io::ErrorKind::NotConnected,
diff --git a/veilid-tools/src/network_interfaces/windows.rs b/veilid-tools/src/network_interfaces/windows.rs
index 661f8d69..7cebd2a5 100644
--- a/veilid-tools/src/network_interfaces/windows.rs
+++ b/veilid-tools/src/network_interfaces/windows.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ impl PlatformSupportWindows {
         }
     }
 
+    #[expect(clippy::unused_async)]
     pub async fn get_interfaces(
         &mut self,
         interfaces: &mut BTreeMap<String, NetworkInterface>,