diff --git a/examples/stream_blocks_mainnet_task.rs b/examples/stream_blocks_mainnet_task.rs
index 24c5eb4..431ae2e 100644
--- a/examples/stream_blocks_mainnet_task.rs
+++ b/examples/stream_blocks_mainnet_task.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use futures::Stream;
 use log::{info, warn};
 use solana_sdk::clock::Slot;
 use solana_sdk::commitment_config::CommitmentConfig;
@@ -22,10 +21,10 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
 use yellowstone_grpc_proto::geyser::SubscribeUpdateBlock;
 
 use geyser_grpc_connector::grpc_subscription_autoreconnect_tasks::{
-    create_geyser_autoconnection_task, create_geyser_autoconnection_task_with_mpsc,
+    create_geyser_autoconnection_task_with_mpsc,
 };
 use geyser_grpc_connector::grpcmultiplex_fastestwins::{
-    create_multiplexed_stream, FromYellowstoneExtractor,
+    FromYellowstoneExtractor,
 };
 use geyser_grpc_connector::{GeyserFilter, GrpcConnectionTimeouts, GrpcSourceConfig, Message};
 use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
diff --git a/src/grpc_subscription_autoreconnect_streams.rs b/src/grpc_subscription_autoreconnect_streams.rs
index e53920c..de9e6b3 100644
--- a/src/grpc_subscription_autoreconnect_streams.rs
+++ b/src/grpc_subscription_autoreconnect_streams.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use log::{debug, info, log, trace, warn, Level};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tokio::time::{sleep, timeout};
-use yellowstone_grpc_client::{GeyserGrpcClient, GeyserGrpcClientResult};
+use yellowstone_grpc_client::{GeyserGrpcClientResult};
 use yellowstone_grpc_proto::geyser::{SubscribeRequest, SubscribeUpdate};
 use yellowstone_grpc_proto::tonic::Status;
 
diff --git a/src/yellowstone_grpc_util.rs b/src/yellowstone_grpc_util.rs
index bb5d4b9..b5e6e9a 100644
--- a/src/yellowstone_grpc_util.rs
+++ b/src/yellowstone_grpc_util.rs
@@ -11,23 +11,6 @@ use yellowstone_grpc_proto::tonic::service::Interceptor;
 use yellowstone_grpc_proto::tonic::transport::ClientTlsConfig;
 
 
-pub async fn connect_with_timeout<E, T>(
-    endpoint: E,
-    x_token: Option<T>,
-    tls_config: Option<ClientTlsConfig>,
-    connect_timeout: Option<Duration>,
-    request_timeout: Option<Duration>,
-    connect_lazy: bool,
-) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<GeyserGrpcClient<impl Interceptor>>
-    where
-        E: Into<Bytes>,
-        T: TryInto<AsciiMetadataValue, Error = InvalidMetadataValue>,
-{
-    GeyserGrpcClient::connect_with_timeout(
-       endpoint, x_token, tls_config, connect_timeout, request_timeout, connect_lazy).await
-}
-
-
 // see https://github.com/hyperium/tonic/blob/v0.10.2/tonic/src/transport/channel/mod.rs
 const DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE: usize = 1024;
 // see https://github.com/hyperium/hyper/blob/v0.14.28/src/proto/h2/client.rs#L45
@@ -104,7 +87,7 @@ pub async fn connect_with_timeout_with_buffers<E, T>(
     let interceptor = InterceptorXToken { x_token };
 
     let channel = endpoint.connect_lazy();
-    let mut client = GeyserGrpcClient::new(
+    let client = GeyserGrpcClient::new(
         HealthClient::with_interceptor(channel.clone(), interceptor.clone()),
         GeyserClient::with_interceptor(channel, interceptor)
             .max_decoding_message_size(GeyserGrpcClient::max_decoding_message_size()),