diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
index 20bdc29ce..c9c20f17f 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ impl CommandApi {
         }
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn new_from_arc(accounts: Arc<RwLock<Accounts>>) -> Self {
         CommandApi { accounts }
     }
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/test/README.md b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/test/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index a489d8181..000000000
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/test/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-# tests need to be ported to new API