diff --git a/src/agent/src/config.rs b/src/agent/src/config.rs
index 3c64215c84..6441b07a19 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/config.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ const VSOCK_PORT: u16 = 1024;
 const SERVER_ADDR_ENV_VAR: &str = "KATA_AGENT_SERVER_ADDR";
 const LOG_LEVEL_ENV_VAR: &str = "KATA_AGENT_LOG_LEVEL";
 
-// FIXME: unused
-const TRACE_MODE_FLAG: &str = "agent.trace";
-const USE_VSOCK_FLAG: &str = "agent.use_vsock";
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct agentConfig {
     pub debug_console: bool,
diff --git a/src/agent/src/main.rs b/src/agent/src/main.rs
index 677c70fa5e..7bfac8a701 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/main.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #![allow(unused_parens)]
 #![allow(unused_unsafe)]
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate oci;
diff --git a/src/agent/src/namespace.rs b/src/agent/src/namespace.rs
index 116152121a..6e0d98828f 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/namespace.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/namespace.rs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ impl Namespace {
         self
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn set_root_dir(mut self, dir: &str) -> Self {
         self.persistent_ns_dir = dir.to_string();
         self
diff --git a/src/agent/src/netlink.rs b/src/agent/src/netlink.rs
index 274487a6c6..a851c5ae77 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/netlink.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/netlink.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub enum AddressFilter {
     /// Return addresses that belong to the given interface.
     LinkIndex(u32),
     /// Get addresses with the given prefix.
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     IpAddress(IpAddr),
 }
 
@@ -215,17 +216,6 @@ impl Handle {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub async fn delete_links<I>(&mut self, list: I) -> Result<()>
-    where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = u32>,
-    {
-        for index in list.into_iter() {
-            self.handle.link().del(index).execute().await?;
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     async fn query_routes(
         &self,
         ip_version: Option<IpVersion>,
@@ -742,6 +732,7 @@ impl Address {
         self.0.header.family == packet::constants::AF_INET6 as u8
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     fn prefix(&self) -> u8 {
         self.0.header.prefix_len
     }
diff --git a/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs b/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs
index 10022c0458..60ffd3d3bd 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/agent/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -150,14 +150,6 @@ impl Sandbox {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn is_running(&self) -> bool {
-        self.running
-    }
-
-    pub fn set_hostname(&mut self, hostname: String) {
-        self.hostname = hostname;
-    }
-
     pub async fn setup_shared_namespaces(&mut self) -> Result<bool> {
         // Set up shared IPC namespace
         self.shared_ipcns = Namespace::new(&self.logger)
@@ -732,25 +724,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(s.hooks.as_ref().unwrap().poststop.is_empty());
     }
 
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_sandbox_is_running() {
-        let logger = slog::Logger::root(slog::Discard, o!());
-        let mut s = Sandbox::new(&logger).unwrap();
-        s.running = true;
-        assert!(s.is_running());
-        s.running = false;
-        assert!(!s.is_running());
-    }
-
-    #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_sandbox_set_hostname() {
-        let logger = slog::Logger::root(slog::Discard, o!());
-        let mut s = Sandbox::new(&logger).unwrap();
-        let hostname = "abc123";
-        s.set_hostname(hostname.to_string());
-        assert_eq!(s.hostname, hostname);
-    }
-
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_sandbox_set_destroy() {
         let logger = slog::Logger::root(slog::Discard, o!());
diff --git a/src/agent/src/version.rs.in b/src/agent/src/version.rs.in
index 07132fad94..6b2c528fce 100644
--- a/src/agent/src/version.rs.in
+++ b/src/agent/src/version.rs.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // WARNING: This file is auto-generated - DO NOT EDIT!
 //
 
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
 pub const AGENT_VERSION: &str = "@AGENT_VERSION@";
 pub const API_VERSION: &str = "@API_VERSION@";
 pub const VERSION_COMMIT: &str = "@VERSION_COMMIT@";