diff --git a/internal/cmd/polecat.go b/internal/cmd/polecat.go
index 262c3454..7e637c03 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/polecat.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/polecat.go
@@ -1205,20 +1205,9 @@ func runPolecatRecycle(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// splitLines splits a string into non-empty lines.
+// splitLines splits a string into lines.
 func splitLines(s string) []string {
-	var lines []string
-	for _, line := range filepath.SplitList(s) {
-		if line != "" {
-			lines = append(lines, line)
-		}
-	}
-	// filepath.SplitList doesn't work for newlines, use strings.Split instead
-	lines = nil
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
-		lines = append(lines, line)
-	}
-	return lines
+	return strings.Split(s, "\n")
 }
 
 func runPolecatNuke(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
diff --git a/internal/lock/lock.go b/internal/lock/lock.go
index 355fef54..4a5cad5c 100644
--- a/internal/lock/lock.go
+++ b/internal/lock/lock.go
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ import (
 
 // Common errors
 var (
-	ErrLocked       = errors.New("worker is locked by another agent")
-	ErrNotLocked    = errors.New("worker is not locked")
-	ErrStaleLock    = errors.New("stale lock detected")
-	ErrInvalidLock  = errors.New("invalid lock file")
+	ErrLocked      = errors.New("worker is locked by another agent")
+	ErrNotLocked   = errors.New("worker is not locked")
+	ErrInvalidLock = errors.New("invalid lock file")
 )
 
 // LockInfo contains information about who holds a lock.
diff --git a/internal/refinery/manager.go b/internal/refinery/manager.go
index 11a0fd7c..0ee14225 100644
--- a/internal/refinery/manager.go
+++ b/internal/refinery/manager.go
@@ -519,20 +519,6 @@ func (m *Manager) completeMR(mr *MergeRequest, closeReason CloseReason, errMsg s
 	_ = m.saveState(ref) // non-fatal: state file update
 }
 
-// getTestCommand returns the test command if configured.
-func (m *Manager) getTestCommand() string {
-	// Check settings/config.json for test_command
-	settingsPath := filepath.Join(m.rig.Path, "settings", "config.json")
-	settings, err := config.LoadRigSettings(settingsPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if settings.MergeQueue != nil && settings.MergeQueue.TestCommand != "" {
-		return settings.MergeQueue.TestCommand
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 // runTests executes the test command.
 func (m *Manager) runTests(testCmd string) error {
 	parts := strings.Fields(testCmd)
diff --git a/internal/townlog/logger.go b/internal/townlog/logger.go
index 369bfde3..e0fbc666 100644
--- a/internal/townlog/logger.go
+++ b/internal/townlog/logger.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package townlog
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -272,12 +271,6 @@ func splitLines(s string) []string {
 	return lines
 }
 
-// LogEventJSON writes an event in JSON format for machine parsing.
-// Returns the JSON representation.
-func (e Event) JSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(e)
-}
-
 // TailEvents returns the last n events from the log.
 func TailEvents(townRoot string, n int) ([]Event, error) {
 	events, err := ReadEvents(townRoot)