diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4f97ca3707..79efc24697 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clippy
         run: cargo clippy --workspace ${{ matrix.flags }} --exclude nu_plugin_* -- $CLIPPY_OPTIONS
+      
+        # In tests we don't have to deny unwrap
+      - name: Clippy of tests
+        run: cargo clippy --tests --workspace ${{ matrix.flags }} --exclude nu_plugin_* -- -D warnings
 
   tests:
     strategy:
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/parse.rs b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/parse.rs
index e01f26d1a8..93a2b395da 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/tests/commands/parse.rs
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ mod regex {
     #[test]
     fn parse_handles_external_stream_chunking() {
         Playground::setup("parse_test_streaming_1", |dirs, sandbox| {
-            let data: String = std::iter::repeat("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
-                .take(1000)
-                .collect();
+            let data: String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".repeat(1000);
             sandbox.with_files(vec![Stub::FileWithContent("data.txt", &data)]);
 
             let actual = nu!(
diff --git a/src/tests/test_config_path.rs b/src/tests/test_config_path.rs
index ba8db85296..dd15396b35 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_config_path.rs
+++ b/src/tests/test_config_path.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ fn adjust_canonicalization<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P) -> String {
 fn adjust_canonicalization<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P) -> String {
     const VERBATIM_PREFIX: &str = r#"\\?\"#;
     let p = p.as_ref().display().to_string();
-    if p.starts_with(VERBATIM_PREFIX) {
-        p[VERBATIM_PREFIX.len()..].to_string()
+    if let Some(stripped) = p.strip_prefix(VERBATIM_PREFIX) {
+        stripped.to_string()
     } else {
         p
     }