diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index e31a690..d593bb2 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@ pub struct SetAttribute {
     pub value: Attribute,
 }
 
-impl SetAttribute {
-    pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(path: S, value: Attribute) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            path: path.into(),
-            value,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Display for SetAttribute {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(
@@ -963,16 +954,6 @@ pub struct Service {
     pub arguments: Vec<String>,
 }
 
-impl Service {
-    pub fn spawn(&self) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
-        Client::new().execute(HlwmCommand::Spawn {
-            executable: self.name.clone(),
-            args: self.arguments.clone(),
-        })?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
diff --git a/src/hlwm/mod.rs b/src/hlwm/mod.rs
index ff45eea..e55ad19 100644
--- a/src/hlwm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/hlwm/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{
     fmt::Display,
     num::{ParseFloatError, ParseIntError},
     os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt,
-    process::{self, Child, Stdio},
+    process::{self, Stdio},
     str::FromStr,
 };
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// To run the command and return a handle instead of waiting,
     /// see [Client::spawn]
     pub fn execute(&self, command: HlwmCommand) -> Result<process::Output, CommandError> {
-        let mut args = command.args();
+        let args = command.args();
         debug!("running command: [{}]", (&args).join(" "),);
         let output = Self::herbstclient()
             .args(args)
@@ -115,25 +115,6 @@ impl Client {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn spawn(self, command: HlwmCommand) -> Result<Child, CommandError> {
-        Ok(Self::herbstclient().args(command.args()).spawn()?)
-    }
-
-    pub fn set_setting(&self, setting: Setting) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
-        self.execute(HlwmCommand::Set(setting))?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    pub fn get_attr_out(&self, attr: String, out: &mut Attribute) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
-        Ok(*out = Attribute::new(
-            &out.type_string(),
-            &self
-                .query(HlwmCommand::GetAttr(attr))?
-                .first()
-                .ok_or(CommandError::Empty)?,
-        )?)
-    }
-
     pub fn get_attr(&self, attr: String) -> Result<Attribute, CommandError> {
         let attr_type = self
             .query(HlwmCommand::AttrType(attr.clone()))?
@@ -148,11 +129,6 @@ impl Client {
         Ok(Attribute::new(&attr_type, &attr_val)?)
     }
 
-    pub fn set_attr(&self, path: String, new_value: Attribute) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
-        self.execute(HlwmCommand::SetAttr { path, new_value })?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     pub fn get_setting(&self, setting: SettingName) -> Result<Setting, CommandError> {
         Ok(Setting::from_str(&String::from_utf8(
             self.execute(HlwmCommand::Get(setting))?.stdout,
@@ -431,7 +407,7 @@ impl FromStr for Align {
         };
 
         match align {
-            "bottom" | "vertical" | "horiz" | "v" => Ok(Self::Bottom(fraction)),
+            "bottom" | "vertical" | "vert" | "v" => Ok(Self::Bottom(fraction)),
             "left" => Ok(Self::Left(fraction)),
             "right" | "horizontal" | "horiz" | "h" => Ok(Self::Right(fraction)),
             "top" => Ok(Self::Top(fraction)),
diff --git a/src/hlwm/window.rs b/src/hlwm/window.rs
index 0a7f081..d2e7af9 100644
--- a/src/hlwm/window.rs
+++ b/src/hlwm/window.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ pub struct TagStatus {
     state: TagState,
 }
 
+#[allow(unused)]
 impl TagStatus {
     pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
         &self.name