diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 7f7e28a8b8..feaf5fec86 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [alias]
 stacks-node = "run --package stacks-node --"
 fmt-stacks = "fmt -- --config group_imports=StdExternalCrate,imports_granularity=Module"
+clippy-stacks = "clippy -p libstackerdb -p stacks-signer -p pox-locking -p clarity -p libsigner -p stacks-common --no-deps --tests --all-features -- -D warnings"
 
 # Uncomment to improve performance slightly, at the cost of portability
 #   * Note that native binaries may not run on CPUs that are different from the build machine
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clippy.yml b/.github/workflows/clippy.yml
index 1ba4825527..2279d42c88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clippy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clippy.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,4 @@ jobs:
           components: clippy
       - name: Clippy
         id: clippy
-        uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: -p libstackerdb -p stacks-signer -p pox-locking -p clarity -p libsigner -p stacks-common --no-deps --tests --all-features -- -D warnings
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: cargo clippy-stacks
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b8c63abc2c..7c79fc286c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -387,6 +387,18 @@ You can automatically reformat your commit via:
 cargo fmt-stacks
 ```
 
+## Clippy Warnings
+
+PRs will be checked against `clippy` and will _fail_ if any clippy warnings are generated.
+Unfortunately, not all existing clippy warnings have been addressed throughout stacks-core, so arguments must be passed via the command line. 
+Therefore, we handle `clippy` configurations using a Cargo alias: `cargo clippy-stacks`
+
+You can check what warnings need to be addressed locally via: 
+
+```bash
+cargo clippy-stacks
+```
+
 ## Comments
 
 Comments are very important for the readability and correctness of the codebase. The purpose of comments is:
diff --git a/clarity/src/vm/ast/parser/v2/mod.rs b/clarity/src/vm/ast/parser/v2/mod.rs
index d6d1500e54..dd5a900364 100644
--- a/clarity/src/vm/ast/parser/v2/mod.rs
+++ b/clarity/src/vm/ast/parser/v2/mod.rs
@@ -1121,9 +1121,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::vm::diagnostic::Level;
     use crate::vm::representations::PreSymbolicExpressionType;
-    use crate::vm::types::{
-        ASCIIData, CharType, PrincipalData, SequenceData, StandardPrincipalData, UTF8Data,
-    };
+    use crate::vm::types::{ASCIIData, CharType, PrincipalData, SequenceData};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_int() {