diff --git a/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.garbageCollection.test.ts b/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.garbageCollection.test.ts
index 97910f66da..9b55165977 100644
--- a/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.garbageCollection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.garbageCollection.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-import { assert, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 
 import { setGarbageCollectorMaxAge } from "../config";
-import { emptyKnownState } from "../exports";
 import {
   SyncMessagesLog,
   TEST_NODE_CONFIG,
   loadCoValueOrFail,
   setupTestNode,
-  waitFor,
 } from "./testUtils";
 
 // We want to simulate a real world communication that happens asynchronously
diff --git a/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.test.ts b/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.test.ts
index 7937f0bf40..484850a2bc 100644
--- a/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cojson/src/tests/sync.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  assert,
-  afterEach,
-  beforeEach,
-  describe,
-  expect,
-  test,
-  vi,
-} from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { expectMap } from "../coValue.js";
 import { RawCoMap } from "../coValues/coMap.js";
 import { WasmCrypto } from "../crypto/WasmCrypto.js";
diff --git a/packages/cojson/src/tests/testUtils.ts b/packages/cojson/src/tests/testUtils.ts
index 1a855f6c5d..e27c06a9f1 100644
--- a/packages/cojson/src/tests/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cojson/src/tests/testUtils.ts
@@ -652,8 +652,8 @@ export async function setupTestAccount(
     connectToSyncServer();
   }
 
-  onTestFinished(() => {
-    ctx.node.gracefulShutdown();
+  onTestFinished(async () => {
+    await ctx.node.gracefulShutdown();
   });
 
   return {