diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/stores/power.rs b/hive-c0re/src/stores/power.rs
index 63b89b8e..9d5bb708 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/stores/power.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/stores/power.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ pub enum Wanted {
 }
 
 impl Wanted {
-    /// Derived (`strum::EnumString`, the same `snake_case` convention
-    /// `as_str` uses) rather than a hand-written match kept in sync with
-    /// it by hand.
-    fn parse(s: &str) -> Option<Self> {
-        s.parse().ok()
-    }
-
     /// Seed value from an observed running state (first boot after
     /// this store lands, or an agent spawned outside the normal path).
     pub fn from_running(running: bool) -> Self {
@@ -121,7 +114,7 @@ impl PowerStore {
             .context("select agent_power")?;
         match row {
             None => Ok(None),
-            Some(stored) => Wanted::parse(&stored).map(Some).with_context(|| {
+            Some(stored) => stored.parse::<Wanted>().ok().map(Some).with_context(|| {
                 format!("agent_power row for {agent} holds an unknown intent {stored:?}")
             }),
         }
diff --git a/swarm-controller/src/webhook.rs b/swarm-controller/src/webhook.rs
index b17cb222..3da6d8ae 100644
--- a/swarm-controller/src/webhook.rs
+++ b/swarm-controller/src/webhook.rs
@@ -218,17 +218,6 @@ impl DeliveryKind {
             <&str>::from(self)
         )
     }
-
-    /// Parse the `{kind}` path segment. Unknown values are rejected rather
-    /// than accepted-and-ignored: a typo in a registered `target_url` must
-    /// be *observable*, and a 200 for an unrecognised path is exactly the
-    /// silence this issue exists to remove. Derived (`strum::EnumString`,
-    /// the same per-variant `#[strum(serialize = "...")]` spellings
-    /// `as_str` uses) rather than a hand-written match kept in sync with
-    /// that one by hand.
-    fn parse(segment: &str) -> Option<Self> {
-        segment.parse().ok()
-    }
 }
 
 /// Why a delivery was refused.
@@ -359,7 +348,10 @@ pub(super) async fn post_webhook_forge(
         return (refusal.status(), message).into_response();
     }
 
-    let Some(kind) = DeliveryKind::parse(&kind) else {
+    // Unknown values are rejected rather than accepted-and-ignored: a typo in
+    // a registered `target_url` must be *observable*, and a 200 for an
+    // unrecognised path is exactly the silence this issue exists to remove.
+    let Some(kind) = kind.parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok() else {
         tracing::warn!(%kind, "webhook: delivery on an unknown hook kind");
         return (StatusCode::NOT_FOUND, "unknown hook kind").into_response();
     };
@@ -547,20 +539,20 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn only_the_registered_hook_kinds_parse() {
         assert_eq!(
-            DeliveryKind::parse("knowledge"),
+            "knowledge".parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok(),
             Some(DeliveryKind::Knowledge)
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            DeliveryKind::parse("config-pr"),
+            "config-pr".parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok(),
             Some(DeliveryKind::ConfigPr)
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            DeliveryKind::parse("config_pr"),
+            "config_pr".parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok(),
             None,
             "underscore is not the registered spelling; accepting both would make a journal line ambiguous"
         );
-        assert_eq!(DeliveryKind::parse(""), None);
-        assert_eq!(DeliveryKind::parse("../knowledge"), None);
+        assert_eq!("".parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok(), None);
+        assert_eq!("../knowledge".parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok(), None);
     }
 
     /// A malformed stored secret is replaced rather than fatal — and the
@@ -635,7 +627,7 @@ mod tests {
             let url = kind.target_url("https://swarm.example");
             let segment = url.rsplit('/').next().expect("a last segment");
             assert_eq!(
-                DeliveryKind::parse(segment),
+                segment.parse::<DeliveryKind>().ok(),
                 Some(kind),
                 "the last path segment of a registered URL must parse back \
                  to the kind that built it"