diff --git a/cli/azd/grpc/proto/models.proto b/cli/azd/grpc/proto/models.proto
index fe78339d488..f3c292ad983 100644
--- a/cli/azd/grpc/proto/models.proto
+++ b/cli/azd/grpc/proto/models.proto
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ message DockerProjectOptions {
   string tag = 7;
   bool remote_build = 8;
   repeated string build_args = 9;
-  reserved 10;
-  reserved "local_fallback";
 }
 
 // ServiceContext defines the shared pipeline state across all phases of the service lifecycle
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/azapi/permissions.go b/cli/azd/pkg/azapi/permissions.go
index 9f02b3097fa..867439c1481 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/azapi/permissions.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/azapi/permissions.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/arm"
-	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/authorization/armauthorization/v2"
 	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/pkg/account"
 )
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ func (s *PermissionsService) HasRequiredPermissions(
 	pager := roleAssignmentsClient.NewListForScopePager(
 		subscriptionScope,
 		&armauthorization.RoleAssignmentsClientListForScopeOptions{
-			Filter: to.Ptr(filter),
+			Filter: new(filter),
 		},
 	)
 
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/local_preflight_test.go b/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/local_preflight_test.go
index 97a26921789..10de576b213 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/local_preflight_test.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/local_preflight_test.go
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ func TestParseTemplate_MissingSchema(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseTemplate_MissingContentVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	schema := "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2018-05-01/subscriptionDeploymentTemplate.json#"
-	raw := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
+	raw := fmt.Appendf(nil,
 		`{"$schema": "%s", "resources": [{"type": "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups"}]}`,
 		schema,
-	))
+	)
 
 	preflight := &localArmPreflight{}
 	_, err := preflight.parseTemplate(azure.RawArmTemplate(raw))
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ func TestParseTemplate_MissingContentVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseTemplate_NoResources(t *testing.T) {
 	schema := "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2018-05-01/subscriptionDeploymentTemplate.json#"
-	raw := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(
+	raw := fmt.Appendf(nil,
 		`{"$schema": "%s", "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0", "resources": []}`,
 		schema,
-	))
+	)
 
 	preflight := &localArmPreflight{}
 	_, err := preflight.parseTemplate(azure.RawArmTemplate(raw))