diff --git a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalPerfSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalPerfSpec.scala
index 30650ae405..a5b217042e 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalPerfSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalPerfSpec.scala
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ object JournalPerfSpec {
     var counter = 0
 
     override def receiveCommand: Receive = {
-      case c @ Cmd("p", payload) =>
+      case c @ Cmd("p", _) =>
         persist(c) { d =>
           counter += 1
           require(d.payload == counter, s"Expected to receive [$counter] yet got: [${d.payload}]")
           if (counter == replyAfter) replyTo ! d.payload
         }
 
-      case c @ Cmd("pa", payload) =>
+      case c @ Cmd("pa", _) =>
         persistAsync(c) { d =>
           counter += 1
           require(d.payload == counter, s"Expected to receive [$counter] yet got: [${d.payload}]")
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ object JournalPerfSpec {
         }
         if (counter == replyAfter) replyTo ! payload
 
-      case c @ Cmd("n", payload) =>
+      case Cmd("n", payload) =>
         counter += 1
         require(payload == counter, s"Expected to receive [$counter] yet got: [${payload}]")
         if (counter == replyAfter) replyTo ! payload
diff --git a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
index f2b6a6ffc0..396dad344b 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ package akka.persistence.journal
 import akka.persistence.scalatest.{ MayVerb, OptionalTests }
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import scala.collection.immutable.Seq
-
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.persistence._
 import akka.persistence.JournalProtocol._
 import akka.testkit._
-
+import akka.util.unused
 import com.typesafe.config._
 
 object JournalSpec {
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ abstract class JournalSpec(config: Config)
    * test case. `pid` is the `persistenceId` that will be used in the test.
    * This method may be needed to clean pre-existing events from the log.
    */
-  def preparePersistenceId(pid: String): Unit = ()
+  def preparePersistenceId(@unused pid: String): Unit = ()
 
   /**
    * Implementation may override and return false if it does not
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ abstract class JournalSpec(config: Config)
   def journal: ActorRef =
     extension.journalFor(null)
 
-  def replayedMessage(snr: Long, deleted: Boolean = false, confirms: Seq[String] = Nil): ReplayedMessage =
+  def replayedMessage(snr: Long, deleted: Boolean = false): ReplayedMessage =
     ReplayedMessage(PersistentImpl(s"a-${snr}", snr, pid, "", deleted, Actor.noSender, writerUuid))
 
   def writeMessages(fromSnr: Int, toSnr: Int, pid: String, sender: ActorRef, writerUuid: String): Unit = {
@@ -203,7 +201,7 @@ abstract class JournalSpec(config: Config)
         receiverProbe.expectMsg(replayedMessage(i))
       }
 
-      receiverProbe2.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
+      receiverProbe2.expectNoMessage(200.millis)
     }
 
     "not reset highestSequenceNr after message deletion" in {
diff --git a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/scalatest/OptionalTests.scala b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/scalatest/OptionalTests.scala
index 5e3e4eba2e..ee3e3b465d 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/scalatest/OptionalTests.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/scalatest/OptionalTests.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ trait OptionalTests {
     if (flag.value)
       try test
       catch {
-        case ex: Exception =>
+        case _: Exception =>
           throw new AssertionError(
             "Implementation did not pass this spec. " +
             "If your journal will be (by definition) unable to abide the here tested rule, you can disable this test," +
diff --git a/project/AkkaDisciplinePlugin.scala b/project/AkkaDisciplinePlugin.scala
index 6a973bc57e..702d012a41 100644
--- a/project/AkkaDisciplinePlugin.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaDisciplinePlugin.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ object AkkaDisciplinePlugin extends AutoPlugin with ScalafixSupport {
     "akka-actor-typed-tests",
     "akka-bench-jmh",
     "akka-bench-jmh-typed",
-    "akka-persistence-tck",
     "akka-stream-tests-tck")
 
   val strictProjects = Set("akka-discovery", "akka-protobuf", "akka-coordination")