diff --git a/butane/tests/common/blog.rs b/butane/tests/common/blog.rs
index d2cc9847..257a6421 100644
--- a/butane/tests/common/blog.rs
+++ b/butane/tests/common/blog.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 //! Helpers for several tests.
+#![allow(dead_code)] // not all parts used in all tests
+
 use butane::{dataresult, model, DataObject};
 use butane::{db::Connection, ForeignKey, Many};
 #[cfg(feature = "datetime")]