diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs
index 8d5328c95eb2..f8bcb584991a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl GitInfo {
 
         // Ok, let's scrape some info
         let ver_date = output(
-            &mut helpers::git(Some(dir))
+            helpers::git(Some(dir))
                 .arg("log")
                 .arg("-1")
                 .arg("--date=short")
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs
index 3a5776bdfe0d..a3d0d36e7547 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/render_tests.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub(crate) fn try_run_tests(
     stream: bool,
 ) -> bool {
     if builder.config.dry_run() {
+        cmd.mark_as_executed();
         return true;
     }