diff --git a/management/internals/shared/grpc/fast_path_flag_test.go b/management/internals/shared/grpc/fast_path_flag_test.go
index 53cc77d07..cd4ea89a4 100644
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/fast_path_flag_test.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/fast_path_flag_test.go
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
 	testcontainersredis "github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/redis"
-	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
 )
 
 func TestParseFastPathFlag(t *testing.T) {
@@ -130,12 +128,7 @@ func setupFastPathRedisContainer(t *testing.T) (string, *redis.Client) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	redisContainer, err := testcontainersredis.RunContainer(ctx,
-		testcontainers.WithImage("redis:7"),
-		testcontainers.WithWaitStrategy(
-			wait.ForListeningPort("6379/tcp"),
-		),
-	)
+	redisContainer, err := testcontainersredis.Run(ctx, "redis:7")
 	require.NoError(t, err, "create redis test container")
 
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
diff --git a/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_serial_cache.go b/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_serial_cache.go
index 67e0a0895..623f02dc8 100644
--- a/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_serial_cache.go
+++ b/management/internals/shared/grpc/peer_serial_cache.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package grpc
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/eko/gocache/lib/v4/cache"
@@ -81,9 +80,3 @@ func (c *PeerSerialCache) Delete(pubKey string) {
 		log.Debugf("peer serial cache: delete entry for %s: %v", pubKey, err)
 	}
 }
-
-// cacheKey exposes the namespaced key for tests that need to peek at the raw
-// storage, e.g. when asserting TTL behaviour against Redis.
-func (c *PeerSerialCache) cacheKey(pubKey string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", peerSerialCacheKeyPrefix, pubKey)
-}