diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4733a5dc..d1edfdd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ pedantic = { level = "deny", priority = -1 }
 missing_errors_doc = "allow"
 missing_panics_doc = "allow"
 module_name_repetitions = "allow"
-must_use_candidate = "allow"
 
 [workspace.lints.rustdoc]
 # Doc-link rot has no other discoverer: clippy does not read intra-doc
diff --git a/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs b/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
index 8fef8d95..96d11bbe 100644
--- a/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ pub struct LifecycleScope {
 impl LifecycleScope {
     /// True when nothing is explicitly selected — interpreted as "all
     /// classes" (the bare `hivectl stop` / `start` with no scope flags).
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn is_everything(&self) -> bool {
         !(self.agents || self.ci || self.forge || self.gateway || self.matrix)
             && self.agent_names.is_empty()
diff --git a/hive-matrix-mcp/src/handlers.rs b/hive-matrix-mcp/src/handlers.rs
index 7ec2059f..22629e3d 100644
--- a/hive-matrix-mcp/src/handlers.rs
+++ b/hive-matrix-mcp/src/handlers.rs
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ pub async fn list_room_members(client: &Client, room_ref: &str) -> DaemonRespons
     DaemonResponse::ok(&list)
 }
 
+#[must_use]
 pub fn list_invites(client: &Client) -> DaemonResponse {
     let invites: Vec<InviteInfo> = client
         .invited_rooms()
diff --git a/hive-priv-sock/src/lib.rs b/hive-priv-sock/src/lib.rs
index 7324c248..6407c357 100644
--- a/hive-priv-sock/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-priv-sock/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub enum InfraAction {
 
 impl InfraAction {
     /// The `systemctl` subcommand this action maps to.
+    #[must_use]
     pub fn systemctl_verb(self) -> &'static str {
         match self {
             InfraAction::Start => "start",