diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/api_routes/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/api_routes/mod.rs
index 45fef58525..4a5bfe8f2a 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/api_routes/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/api_routes/mod.rs
@@ -350,11 +350,3 @@ pub async fn issued_credentials(
 
     build_credentials_response(credentials).map(Json)
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn foo() {}
-}
diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/helpers.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/helpers.rs
index 15b9a15477..699c9b8823 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/helpers.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/helpers.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub(crate) fn blind_sign<C: CredentialRequest>(
     Ok(nym_coconut::blind_sign(
         bandwidth_credential_params(),
         signing_key,
-        &request.blind_sign_request(),
+        request.blind_sign_request(),
         &attributes_ref,
     )?)
 }