diff --git a/pkg/channels/vk/vk.go b/pkg/channels/vk/vk.go
index 37900dbf5..0bc373d18 100644
--- a/pkg/channels/vk/vk.go
+++ b/pkg/channels/vk/vk.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/SevereCloud/vksdk/v3/api"
 	"github.com/SevereCloud/vksdk/v3/api/params"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ type VKChannel struct {
 	config *config.Config
 	ctx    context.Context
 	cancel context.CancelFunc
-	mu     sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewVKChannel(cfg *config.Config, bus *bus.MessageBus) (*VKChannel, error) {
@@ -244,15 +242,6 @@ func (c *VKChannel) stripBotMention(text string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(text)
 }
 
-func (c *VKChannel) stripPrefix(text string, prefixes []string) string {
-	for _, prefix := range prefixes {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(text, prefix) {
-			return strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(text, prefix))
-		}
-	}
-	return text
-}
-
 func (c *VKChannel) getUserName(userID int) string {
 	users, err := c.vk.UsersGet(api.Params{
 		"user_ids": userID,
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 5f9842779..e169cb91e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -549,14 +549,14 @@ type IRCConfig struct {
 }
 
 type VKConfig struct {
-	Enabled            bool                `json:"enabled"              yaml:"-"               env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_ENABLED"`
-	Token              SecureString        `json:"token,omitzero"       yaml:"token,omitempty" env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_TOKEN"`
-	GroupID            int                 `json:"group_id"             yaml:"-"               env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_GROUP_ID"`
-	AllowFrom          FlexibleStringSlice `json:"allow_from"           yaml:"-"               env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_ALLOW_FROM"`
+	Enabled            bool                `json:"enabled" yaml:"-" env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_ENABLED"`
+	Token              SecureString        `json:"token,omitzero" yaml:"token,omitempty" env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_TOKEN"`
+	GroupID            int                 `json:"group_id" yaml:"-" env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_GROUP_ID"`
+	AllowFrom          FlexibleStringSlice `json:"allow_from" yaml:"-" env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_ALLOW_FROM"`
 	GroupTrigger       GroupTriggerConfig  `json:"group_trigger,omitempty" yaml:"-"`
-	Typing             TypingConfig        `json:"typing,omitempty"     yaml:"-"`
+	Typing             TypingConfig        `json:"typing,omitempty" yaml:"-"`
 	Placeholder        PlaceholderConfig   `json:"placeholder,omitempty" yaml:"-"`
-	ReasoningChannelID string              `json:"reasoning_channel_id" yaml:"-"               env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_REASONING_CHANNEL_ID"`
+	ReasoningChannelID string              `json:"reasoning_channel_id" yaml:"-" env:"PICOCLAW_CHANNELS_VK_REASONING_CHANNEL_ID"`
 }
 
 func (c *VKConfig) SetToken(token string) {