diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs
index 0ae8690096eb..eb76848c5745 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/src/in_process.rs
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ fn start_uninitialized(args: InProcessStartArgs) -> InProcessClientHandle {
             AuthManager::shared_from_config(args.config.as_ref(), args.enable_codex_api_key_env);
         let (processor_tx, mut processor_rx) = mpsc::channel::<ProcessorCommand>(channel_capacity);
         let mut processor_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let mut processor = MessageProcessor::new(MessageProcessorArgs {
+            let processor = MessageProcessor::new(MessageProcessorArgs {
                 outgoing: Arc::clone(&processor_outgoing),
                 arg0_paths: args.arg0_paths,
                 config: args.config,
diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
index a837d9c754c2..bfc87251ad0c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ pub async fn run_main_with_transport(
             AuthManager::shared_from_config(&config, /*enable_codex_api_key_env*/ false);
         let cli_overrides: Vec<(String, TomlValue)> = cli_kv_overrides.clone();
         let loader_overrides = loader_overrides_for_config_api;
-        let mut processor = MessageProcessor::new(MessageProcessorArgs {
+        let processor = MessageProcessor::new(MessageProcessorArgs {
             outgoing: outgoing_message_sender,
             arg0_paths,
             config: Arc::new(config),