diff --git a/src/battery.rs b/src/battery.rs
index f393f25..4c1f632 100644
--- a/src/battery.rs
+++ b/src/battery.rs
@@ -262,24 +262,3 @@ fn is_battery(path: &Path) -> Result<bool> {
 
     Ok(ps_type == "Battery")
 }
-
-/// Check if a directory is writable by attempting to open a temporary file for writing
-fn is_path_writable(path: &Path) -> bool {
-    use std::fs::OpenOptions;
-
-    // Try to create a temporary file to check write permissions
-    // If we're in a container with a read-only mount, this will fail
-    let temp_file_path = path.join(".superfreq_write_test");
-    let result = OpenOptions::new()
-        .write(true)
-        .create(true)
-        .open(&temp_file_path);
-
-    // Clean up the temporary file if we created it
-    if result.is_ok() {
-        let _ = fs::remove_file(temp_file_path);
-        true
-    } else {
-        false
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/cpu.rs b/src/cpu.rs
index df18e83..9f82f09 100644
--- a/src/cpu.rs
+++ b/src/cpu.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::core::{GovernorOverrideMode, TurboSetting};
 use crate::util::error::ControlError;
 use core::str;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{fs, io, path::Path, string::ToString};
 
 pub type Result<T, E = ControlError> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ fn get_available_governors() -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     let path = "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors";
 
     if !Path::new(path).exists() {
-
         return Err(ControlError::NotSupported(
             "Could not determine available governors".to_string(),
         ));
diff --git a/src/util/error.rs b/src/util/error.rs
index 6ba476f..b52480b 100644
--- a/src/util/error.rs
+++ b/src/util/error.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ pub enum ControlError {
     InvalidProfile(String),
     InvalidGovernor(String),
     ParseError(String),
-    ReadError(String),
     PathMissing(String),
 }
 
@@ -47,9 +46,6 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for ControlError {
             Self::ParseError(s) => {
                 write!(f, "Failed to parse value: {s}")
             }
-            Self::ReadError(s) => {
-                write!(f, "Failed to read sysfs path: {s}")
-            }
             Self::PathMissing(s) => {
                 write!(f, "Path missing: {s}")
             }