diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/src/core.rs b/service-providers/network-requester/src/core.rs
index 8e3bd6a7c9..c0f2faf186 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/src/core.rs
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/src/core.rs
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ impl NRServiceProviderBuilder {
     }
 
     #[must_use]
+    // this is a false positive, this method is actually called when used as a library
+    // but clippy complains about it when building the binary
+    #[allow(unused)]
     pub fn with_minimum_gateway_performance(mut self, minimum_gateway_performance: u8) -> Self {
         self.config.base.debug.topology.minimum_gateway_performance = minimum_gateway_performance;
         self