diff --git a/lemmy_apub/src/activity_queue.rs b/lemmy_apub/src/activity_queue.rs
index 5e4f113b..46780279 100644
--- a/lemmy_apub/src/activity_queue.rs
+++ b/lemmy_apub/src/activity_queue.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ use url::Url;
 /// * `activity` the apub activity to be sent
 /// * `creator` the local actor which created the activity
 /// * `inbox` the inbox url where the activity should be delivered to
-pub async fn send_activity_single_dest<T, Kind>(
+pub(crate) async fn send_activity_single_dest<T, Kind>(
   activity: T,
   creator: &dyn ActorType,
   inbox: Url,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ where
 /// * `community` the sending community
 /// * `sender_shared_inbox` in case of an announce, this should be the shared inbox of the inner
 ///                         activities creator, as receiving a known activity will cause an error
-pub async fn send_to_community_followers<T, Kind>(
+pub(crate) async fn send_to_community_followers<T, Kind>(
   activity: T,
   community: &Community,
   context: &LemmyContext,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ where
 /// * `creator` the creator of the activity
 /// * `community` the destination community
 ///
-pub async fn send_to_community<T, Kind>(
+pub(crate) async fn send_to_community<T, Kind>(
   activity: T,
   creator: &User_,
   community: &Community,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ where
 /// * `creator` user who created the comment
 /// * `mentions` list of inboxes of users which are mentioned in the comment
 /// * `activity` either a `Create/Note` or `Update/Note`
-pub async fn send_comment_mentions<T, Kind>(
+pub(crate) async fn send_comment_mentions<T, Kind>(
   creator: &User_,
   mentions: Vec<Url>,
   activity: T,
diff --git a/lemmy_apub/src/extensions/signatures.rs b/lemmy_apub/src/extensions/signatures.rs
index 6ff61df4..67fe4b1c 100644
--- a/lemmy_apub/src/extensions/signatures.rs
+++ b/lemmy_apub/src/extensions/signatures.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ pub async fn sign_and_send(
 }
 
 /// Verifies the HTTP signature on an incoming inbox request.
-pub fn verify_signature(request: &HttpRequest, actor: &dyn ActorType) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
+pub(crate) fn verify_signature(
+  request: &HttpRequest,
+  actor: &dyn ActorType,
+) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
   let public_key = actor.public_key().context(location_info!())?;
   let verified = CONFIG2
     .begin_verify(
diff --git a/lemmy_apub/src/lib.rs b/lemmy_apub/src/lib.rs
index 2e3f7bfc..45dbe823 100644
--- a/lemmy_apub/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lemmy_apub/src/lib.rs
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ fn check_is_apub_id_valid(apub_id: &Url) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
 
 /// Trait for converting an object or actor into the respective ActivityPub type.
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
-pub trait ToApub {
+pub(crate) trait ToApub {
   type ApubType;
   async fn to_apub(&self, pool: &DbPool) -> Result<Self::ApubType, LemmyError>;
   fn to_tombstone(&self) -> Result<Tombstone, LemmyError>;
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
-pub trait FromApub {
+pub(crate) trait FromApub {
   type ApubType;
   /// Converts an object from ActivityPub type to Lemmy internal type.
   ///
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ pub trait ActorType {
 
 /// Store a sent or received activity in the database, for logging purposes. These records are not
 /// persistent.
-pub async fn insert_activity<T>(
+pub(crate) async fn insert_activity<T>(
   ap_id: &Url,
   activity: T,
   local: bool,