diff --git a/.c8rc.json b/.c8rc.json
index 7e5b1a862..4a6fd3b0e 100644
--- a/.c8rc.json
+++ b/.c8rc.json
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 {
-  "statements": 99.9,
-  "branches": 99.7,
+  "checkCoverage": true,
+  "statements": 99.89,
+  "branches": 98.72,
   "functions": 100,
-  "lines": 99.9,
+  "lines": 99.89,
   "exclude": [
     "bin",
     "configs",
diff --git a/src/cache/helpers.mjs b/src/cache/helpers.mjs
index 7bfe83da2..55c1e9c92 100644
--- a/src/cache/helpers.mjs
+++ b/src/cache/helpers.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // @ts-check
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { extname } from "node:path";
 import memoize from "lodash/memoize.js";
 // @ts-expect-error ts(2307) - the ts compiler is not privy to the existence of #imports in package.json
@@ -15,27 +14,6 @@ function hash(pString) {
   return createHash("sha1").update(pString).digest("base64");
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {string} pFileName
- * @returns {Promise<string>}
- */
-async function _getFileHash(pFileName) {
-  try {
-    return hash(await readFile(pFileName, "utf8"));
-  } catch (pError) {
-    return "file not found";
-  }
-}
-
-export const getFileHash = memoize(_getFileHash);
-
-export async function addCheckSumToChange(pChange) {
-  return {
-    ...pChange,
-    checksum: await getFileHash(pChange.name),
-  };
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {string} pFileName
  * @returns {string}
diff --git a/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs b/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs
index 6b3619db9..71daaa323 100644
--- a/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs
+++ b/test/cli/listeners/performance-log-listener/format-helpers.spec.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   formatMemory,
   formatPerfLine,
 } from "#cli/listeners/performance-log/format-helpers.mjs";
+import { DEBUG } from "#utl/bus.mjs";
 
 /*
  * as the formatHelpers use the Intl API, it's necessary to set the locale
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ describe("[U] cli/listeners/performance-log/format-helpers - formatMemory", () =
   });
 
   it("converts to kB, left pads & adds the unit at the end (not a number)", () => {
-    equal(formatMemory("not a number"), "        NaNkB ");
+    equal(formatMemory("not a number", DEBUG), "        NaNkB ");
   });
 });