diff --git a/packages/api/src/apollo.ts b/packages/api/src/apollo.ts
index 2a1857afb..fa869a3c3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/apollo.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/apollo.ts
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@ import { promisify } from 'util'
 import { buildLogger } from './utils/logger'
 import { ApolloServer } from 'apollo-server-express'
 import { makeExecutableSchema } from '@graphql-tools/schema'
-import { applyMiddleware } from 'graphql-middleware'
-import * as cookie from 'cookie'
 import typeDefs from './schema'
 import { sanitizeDirectiveTransformer } from './directives'
 import { functionResolvers } from './resolvers/function_resolvers'
 import ScalarResolvers from './scalars'
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node'
-import type { Express } from 'express'
 import { createPubSubClient } from './datalayer/pubsub'
-import { corsConfig } from './utils/corsConfig'
 import { initModels } from './server'
 
 const signToken = promisify(jwt.sign)
@@ -107,7 +103,7 @@ const contextFunc: ContextFunction<ExpressContext, ResolverContext> = async ({
   return ctx
 }
 
-export function makeApolloServer(app: Express): ApolloServer {
+export function makeApolloServer(): ApolloServer {
   let schema = makeExecutableSchema({
     resolvers,
     typeDefs,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 379006ee5..fb4aac499 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ export const getArticleResolver: ResolverFn<
   Record<string, unknown>,
   WithDataSourcesContext,
   QueryArticleArgs
-> = async (_obj, { username, slug }, { claims, models }) => {
+> = async (_obj, { slug }, { claims, models }) => {
   try {
     if (!claims?.uid) {
       return { errorCodes: [ArticleErrorCode.Unauthorized] }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/user/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/user/index.ts
index ffcade054..6cd7bce63 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/user/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/user/index.ts
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export const logOutResolver: ResolverFn<
   unknown,
   WithDataSourcesContext,
   unknown
-> = (_, __, { claims, clearAuth }) => {
+> = (_, __, { clearAuth }) => {
   try {
     clearAuth()
     return { message: 'User successfully logged out' }
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
index c9a799233..b66672ae4 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/article_router.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,12 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
 import express from 'express'
-import axios from 'axios'
-import {
-  CreateArticleErrorCode,
-  CreateArticleSavingRequestResult,
-} from './../generated/graphql'
+import { CreateArticleErrorCode } from './../generated/graphql'
 import { isSiteBlockedForParse } from './../utils/blocked'
 import cors from 'cors'
 import { env } from './../env'
 import { buildLogger } from './../utils/logger'
 import * as jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'
-import { promisify } from 'util'
 import { corsConfig } from '../utils/corsConfig'
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
 import { createPageSaveRequest } from '../services/create_page_save_request'
@@ -21,16 +16,14 @@ import { initModels } from '../server'
 import { kx } from '../datalayer/knex_config'
 
 const logger = buildLogger('app.dispatch')
-const signToken = promisify(jwt.sign)
 
 export function articleRouter() {
   const router = express.Router()
 
   router.options('/save', cors<express.Request>({ ...corsConfig, maxAge: 600 }))
   router.post('/save', cors<express.Request>(corsConfig), async (req, res) => {
-    const { url, v } = req.body as {
+    const { url } = req.body as {
       url?: string
-      v?: string
     }
 
     const token = req?.cookies?.auth || req?.headers?.authorization
diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index a1cfec86e..2918fe609 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export const createApp = (): {
   // The error handler must be before any other error middleware and after all routes
   app.use(Sentry.Handlers.errorHandler())
 
-  const apollo = makeApolloServer(app)
+  const apollo = makeApolloServer()
   const httpServer = createServer(app)
 
   return { app, apollo, httpServer }