diff --git a/src/endpoint/scheduler.rs b/src/endpoint/scheduler.rs
index 63efe8b8..3e8b0906 100644
--- a/src/endpoint/scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/endpoint/scheduler.rs
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ impl<'a> LogReceiver<'a> {
                     self.job.uuid()
                 ));
                 tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
-                    .create(true)
                     .create_new(true)
                     .write(true)
                     .open(&path)
diff --git a/src/package/package.rs b/src/package/package.rs
index 04ce8711..e7005b52 100644
--- a/src/package/package.rs
+++ b/src/package/package.rs
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ impl<'a> std::fmt::Debug for DebugPackage<'a> {
 }
 
 impl PartialEq for Package {
+    // Ignore the following lint as it results in a false positive with clippy 0.1.77:
+    #[allow(clippy::unconditional_recursion)]
     fn eq(&self, other: &Package) -> bool {
         (self.name(), self.version()).eq(&(other.name(), other.version()))
     }
diff --git a/src/source/mod.rs b/src/source/mod.rs
index 636f4243..8e1fa830 100644
--- a/src/source/mod.rs
+++ b/src/source/mod.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ impl SourceEntry {
 
         trace!("Creating file now: {}", p.display());
         tokio::fs::OpenOptions::new()
-            .create(true)
             .create_new(true)
             .write(true)
             .open(&p)