diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/bundled-channel-plugin-loader.ts b/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/bundled-channel-plugin-loader.ts
index 11a46481c10..108f00d1ba6 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/bundled-channel-plugin-loader.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/contracts/test-helpers/bundled-channel-plugin-loader.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import {
-  listChannelCatalogEntries,
-  type PluginChannelCatalogEntry,
-} from "../../../../plugins/channel-catalog-registry.js";
 import {
   loadBundledPluginPublicSurface,
   loadBundledPluginPublicSurfaceSync,
@@ -14,7 +10,6 @@ type ChannelPluginApiModule = Record<string, unknown>;
 
 const channelPluginCache = new Map<ChannelId, ChannelPlugin | null>();
 const channelPluginPromiseCache = new Map<ChannelId, Promise<ChannelPlugin | null>>();
-let channelCatalogEntries: PluginChannelCatalogEntry[] | undefined;
 
 function isChannelPlugin(value: unknown): value is ChannelPlugin {
   return (
@@ -30,13 +25,6 @@ export function listBundledChannelPluginIds(): readonly ChannelId[] {
   return listCatalogBundledChannelPluginIds() as ChannelId[];
 }
 
-export function getBundledChannelCatalogEntry(
-  id: ChannelId,
-): PluginChannelCatalogEntry | undefined {
-  channelCatalogEntries ??= listChannelCatalogEntries({ origin: "bundled" });
-  return channelCatalogEntries.find((entry) => entry.pluginId === id || entry.channel.id === id);
-}
-
 export function getBundledChannelPlugin(id: ChannelId): ChannelPlugin | undefined {
   if (channelPluginCache.has(id)) {
     return channelPluginCache.get(id) ?? undefined;
diff --git a/test/helpers/auto-reply/trigger-handling-test-harness.ts b/test/helpers/auto-reply/trigger-handling-test-harness.ts
index db87c78758c..6600ad43d6c 100644
--- a/test/helpers/auto-reply/trigger-handling-test-harness.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/auto-reply/trigger-handling-test-harness.ts
@@ -305,13 +305,6 @@ export function requireSessionStorePath(cfg: { session?: { store?: string } }):
   return storePath;
 }
 
-export async function readSessionStore(cfg: {
-  session?: { store?: string };
-}): Promise<Record<string, { elevatedLevel?: string }>> {
-  const storeRaw = await fs.readFile(requireSessionStorePath(cfg), "utf-8");
-  return JSON.parse(storeRaw) as Record<string, { elevatedLevel?: string }>;
-}
-
 export async function expectInlineCommandHandledAndStripped(params: {
   home: string;
   getReplyFromConfig: typeof import("../../../src/auto-reply/reply.js").getReplyFromConfig;