diff --git a/api/oci/extensions/repositories/ocireg/repository.go b/api/oci/extensions/repositories/ocireg/repository.go
index 9b9faf680d..62eab2280d 100644
--- a/api/oci/extensions/repositories/ocireg/repository.go
+++ b/api/oci/extensions/repositories/ocireg/repository.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/goutils/errors"
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/logging"
-	"ocm.software/ocm/api/tech/oras"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry/remote/auth"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry/remote/retry"
 
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/oci/artdesc"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/oci/cpi"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/tech/oci/identity"
+	"ocm.software/ocm/api/tech/oras"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/tech/regclient"
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/utils"
 	ocmlog "ocm.software/ocm/api/utils/logging"
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (r *RepositoryImpl) getResolver(comp string) (regclient.Resolver, error) {
 	if creds == nil {
 		logger.Trace("no credentials")
 	}
-	
+
 	authCreds := auth.Credential{}
 	if creds != nil {
 		pass := creds.GetProperty(credentials.ATTR_IDENTITY_TOKEN)
@@ -133,65 +133,6 @@ func (r *RepositoryImpl) getResolver(comp string) (regclient.Resolver, error) {
 		authCreds.Password = pass
 	}
 
-	//opts := regclient.ClientOptions{
-	//	Host: []regconfig.Host{
-	//		{
-	//			Name: "ghcr.io", //TODO: Need to figure out how to set the host.
-	//			User: username,
-	//			Pass: password,
-	//		},
-	//	},
-	//	Version: comp,
-	//}
-	//opts := docker.ResolverOptions{
-	//	Hosts: docker.ConvertHosts(config.ConfigureHosts(context.Background(), config.HostOptions{
-	//		UpdateClient: func(client *http.Client) error {
-	//			// copy from http.DefaultTransport with a roundtripper injection
-	//			client.Transport = ocmlog.NewRoundTripper(client.Transport, logger)
-	//			return nil
-	//		},
-	//		Credentials: func(host string) (string, string, error) {
-	//			if creds != nil {
-	//				p := creds.GetProperty(credentials.ATTR_IDENTITY_TOKEN)
-	//				if p == "" {
-	//					p = creds.GetProperty(credentials.ATTR_PASSWORD)
-	//				}
-	//				pw := ""
-	//				if p != "" {
-	//					pw = "***"
-	//				}
-	//				logger.Trace("query credentials", ocmlog.ATTR_USER, creds.GetProperty(credentials.ATTR_USERNAME), "pass", pw)
-	//				return creds.GetProperty(credentials.ATTR_USERNAME), p, nil
-	//			}
-	//			logger.Trace("no credentials")
-	//			return "", "", nil
-	//		},
-	//		DefaultScheme: r.info.Scheme,
-	//		//nolint:gosec // used like the default, there are OCI servers (quay.io) not working with min version.
-	//		DefaultTLS: func() *tls.Config {
-	//			if r.info.Scheme == "http" {
-	//				return nil
-	//			}
-	//			return &tls.Config{
-	//				// MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS13,
-	//				RootCAs: func() *x509.CertPool {
-	//					var rootCAs *x509.CertPool
-	//					if creds != nil {
-	//						c := creds.GetProperty(credentials.ATTR_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY)
-	//						if c != "" {
-	//							rootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
-	//							rootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM([]byte(c))
-	//						}
-	//					}
-	//					if rootCAs == nil {
-	//						rootCAs = rootcertsattr.Get(r.GetContext()).GetRootCertPool(true)
-	//					}
-	//					return rootCAs
-	//				}(),
-	//			}
-	//		}(),
-	//	})),
-	//}
 	client := &auth.Client{
 		Client:     retry.DefaultClient,
 		Cache:      auth.NewCache(),
diff --git a/api/tech/oras/client.go b/api/tech/oras/client.go
index 0d1d4ce681..755bfee6ee 100644
--- a/api/tech/oras/client.go
+++ b/api/tech/oras/client.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	ociv1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	regref "github.com/regclient/regclient/types/ref"
+
 	"ocm.software/ocm/api/tech/regclient"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry/remote"
 	"oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry/remote/auth"
@@ -22,15 +23,12 @@ type ClientOptions struct {
 }
 
 type Client struct {
-	Client *auth.Client
-	//Repository *remote.Repository
+	Client    *auth.Client
 	PlainHTTP bool
 	Ref       string
 }
 
-type pushRequest struct {
-	ref regref.Ref
-}
+type pushRequest struct{}
 
 func (p *pushRequest) Commit(ctx context.Context, size int64, expected digest.Digest, opts ...content.Opt) error {
 	return nil
@@ -130,15 +128,6 @@ func (c *Client) Push(ctx context.Context, d ociv1.Descriptor, src regclient.Sou
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to push: %w, %s", err, c.Ref)
 	}
 
-	//ref, err := registry.ParseReference(c.Ref)
-	//if err != nil {
-	//	return nil, err
-	//}
-	//if ref.
-	//if err := repository.Tag(ctx, d, c.Ref); err != nil {
-	//	return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to push tag: %w", err)
-	//}
-
 	return &pushRequest{}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/api/tech/oras/delayed_reader.go b/api/tech/oras/delayed_reader.go
index b73055cc02..9918b78c5d 100644
--- a/api/tech/oras/delayed_reader.go
+++ b/api/tech/oras/delayed_reader.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ func (d *delayedReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	reader, err := d.reader()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
-
 	}
 
 	return reader.Read(p)
diff --git a/api/tech/regclient/client.go b/api/tech/regclient/client.go
index c6fc2d8bea..cd51397b6d 100644
--- a/api/tech/regclient/client.go
+++ b/api/tech/regclient/client.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (c *Client) Resolve(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, ociv1.Descrip
 				blob, err := c.rc.BlobHead(ctx, r, descriptor.Descriptor{
 					Digest: digest.Digest(r.Digest),
 				})
-				defer blob.Close() // we can safely close it as this is not when we read it.
+				defer blob.Close() //nolint:staticcheck // we can safely close it as this is not when we read it.
 
 				if err != nil {
 					if c.isNotFoundError(err) {
diff --git a/api/tech/regclient/delayed_reader.go b/api/tech/regclient/delayed_reader.go
index 19fb9f2205..ac7f3d5faf 100644
--- a/api/tech/regclient/delayed_reader.go
+++ b/api/tech/regclient/delayed_reader.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ func (d *delayedReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	reader, err := d.reader()
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
-
 	}
 
 	return reader.Read(p)