diff --git a/library/storage_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim b/library/storage_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim
index 105fc285..cccfd3fb 100644
--- a/library/storage_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim
+++ b/library/storage_thread_requests/requests/node_lifecycle_request.nim
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import results
 import confutils
 import confutils/std/net
 import confutils/defs
-import libp2p
+import libp2p except NATConfig
 import json_serialization
 import json_serialization/std/[options, net]
 import ../../alloc
diff --git a/storage/conf.nim b/storage/conf.nim
index 49f84f08..2937bad4 100644
--- a/storage/conf.nim
+++ b/storage/conf.nim
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import pkg/stew/byteutils
 import pkg/libp2p except NATConfig
 import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
-import pkg/stew/base64
 
 import ./storagetypes
 import ./discovery
diff --git a/storage/streams/asyncstreamwrapper.nim b/storage/streams/asyncstreamwrapper.nim
index f80c0696..e37c7df6 100644
--- a/storage/streams/asyncstreamwrapper.nim
+++ b/storage/streams/asyncstreamwrapper.nim
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ proc completeWrite(
     await fut
 
 method write*(
-    self: AsyncStreamWrapper, msg: seq[byte]
+    self: AsyncStreamWrapper, msg: sink seq[byte]
 ): Future[void] {.async: (raises: [CancelledError, LPStreamError], raw: true).} =
   # Avoid a copy of msg being kept in the closure created by `{.async.}` as this
   # drives up memory usage