diff --git a/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs b/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs
index 9fcaa1fa1b..c0bd679a54 100644
--- a/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs
+++ b/stacks-signer/src/signerdb.rs
@@ -871,16 +871,6 @@ where
         .map_err(DBError::SerializationError)
 }
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-pub fn test_signer_db(db_path: &str) -> SignerDb {
-    use std::fs;
-
-    if fs::metadata(db_path).is_ok() {
-        fs::remove_file(db_path).unwrap();
-    }
-    SignerDb::new(db_path).expect("Failed to create signer db")
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::fs;
diff --git a/stackslib/src/chainstate/burn/db/sortdb.rs b/stackslib/src/chainstate/burn/db/sortdb.rs
index 54a804a2fe..5cc06f54b1 100644
--- a/stackslib/src/chainstate/burn/db/sortdb.rs
+++ b/stackslib/src/chainstate/burn/db/sortdb.rs
@@ -3986,7 +3986,7 @@ impl<'a> SortitionDBConn<'a> {
             tip,
             reward_cycle_id,
         )?;
-        info!("Fetching preprocessed reward set";
+        debug!("Fetching preprocessed reward set";
               "tip_sortition_id" => %tip,
               "reward_cycle_id" => reward_cycle_id,
               "prepare_phase_start_sortition_id" => %first_sortition,