diff --git a/ruff.toml b/ruff.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index a0fdc61..0000000
--- a/ruff.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# Set the maximum line length to 120.
-line-length = 120
-target-version = "py313"
-
-[lint]
-select = [
-  "A",
-  "ANN",
-  "ASYNC",
-  "B",
-  "C4",
-  "DTZ",
-  "E",
-  "ERA",
-  "F",
-  "FAST",
-  "FLY",
-  "FURB",
-  "I",
-  "ISC",
-  "PERF",
-  "PGH",
-  "PIE",
-  "PL",
-  "PT",
-  "RUF",
-  "SIM",
-  "UP",
-  "W",
-]
-
-ignore = [
-  "SIM102",   # collapsible-if
-  "SIM103",   # return-bool-condition-directly (keeping explicit if/else for clarity)
-  "SIM108",   # if-else-block-instead-of-if-exp
-
-  # Since we use ruff as a formatter, the following rules should be ignored
-  # See: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/formatter/#conflicting-lint-rules
-  "W191",
-  "E111",
-  "E114",
-  "E117",
-  "E501",
-  "D206",
-  "D300",
-  "Q000",
-  "Q001",
-  "Q002",
-  "Q003",
-  "COM812",
-  "COM819",
-  "ISC002",
-]
-
-allowed-confusables = ["’", "х"]
-
-[lint.flake8-annotations]
-allow-star-arg-any = true
-
-[lint.per-file-ignores]
-"**/test_*.py" = ["PLR2004"]  # magic-value-comparison - allow magic numbers in tests
diff --git a/src/porchlight/admin/routes.py b/src/porchlight/admin/routes.py
index 4bcc0a8..b6692cd 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/admin/routes.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/admin/routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
-from typing import Annotated
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Form, Request, Response
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from porchlight.dependencies import get_session_user
 from porchlight.models import User
-from porchlight.validation import GroupListInput, ProfileUpdate, UsernameInput, format_validation_errors
+from porchlight.validation import ProfileUpdate
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/admin", tags=["admin"])
 
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ async def user_detail(request: Request, userid: str) -> Response:
 @router.post("/invite", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def create_invite(
     request: Request,
-    username: Annotated[str, Form()],
+    username: str = Form(),
 ) -> Response:
     session_user = get_session_user(request)
     if session_user is None:
@@ -110,19 +109,17 @@ async def create_invite(
     if admin is None:
         return HTMLResponse("Forbidden", status_code=403)
 
-    try:
-        validated = UsernameInput(username=username)
-    except ValidationError as exc:
-        return HTMLResponse(format_validation_errors(exc))
+    username = username.strip()
+    if not username:
+        return HTMLResponse('<div role="alert">Username is required</div>')
 
     magic_link_service = request.app.state.magic_link_service
     settings = request.app.state.settings
-    link = await magic_link_service.create(username=validated.username, created_by=admin.username, note="admin invite")
+    link = await magic_link_service.create(username=username, created_by=admin.username, note="admin invite")
     url = f"{settings.issuer}/register/{link.token}"
 
     return HTMLResponse(
-        f'<div role="status">Invite created for <strong>{validated.username}</strong>:</div>'
-        f'<div class="invite-url">{url}</div>'
+        f'<div role="status">Invite created for <strong>{username}</strong>:</div><div class="invite-url">{url}</div>'
     )
 
 
@@ -131,6 +128,13 @@ async def create_invite(
 async def update_user_profile(
     request: Request,
     userid: str,
+    given_name: str = Form(""),
+    family_name: str = Form(""),
+    preferred_username: str = Form(""),
+    email: str = Form(""),
+    phone_number: str = Form(""),
+    picture: str = Form(""),
+    locale: str = Form(""),
 ) -> Response:
     session_user = get_session_user(request)
     if session_user is None:
@@ -140,19 +144,32 @@ async def update_user_profile(
         return HTMLResponse("Forbidden", status_code=403)
 
     # Validate
-    form = await request.form()
     try:
         profile = ProfileUpdate(
-            given_name=str(form.get("given_name", "")),
-            family_name=str(form.get("family_name", "")),
-            preferred_username=str(form.get("preferred_username", "")),
-            email=str(form.get("email", "")),
-            phone_number=str(form.get("phone_number", "")),
-            picture=str(form.get("picture", "")),
-            locale=str(form.get("locale", "")),
+            given_name=given_name,
+            family_name=family_name,
+            preferred_username=preferred_username,
+            email=email,
+            phone_number=phone_number,
+            picture=picture,
+            locale=locale,
         )
     except ValidationError as exc:
-        return HTMLResponse(format_validation_errors(exc))
+        error = exc.errors()[0]
+        field = error["loc"][-1] if error["loc"] else "input"
+        msg = error["msg"]
+        labels = {
+            "given_name": "Given name",
+            "family_name": "Family name",
+            "preferred_username": "Display name",
+            "email": "Email",
+            "phone_number": "Phone number",
+            "picture": "Picture URL",
+            "locale": "Locale",
+        }
+        label = labels.get(str(field), str(field))
+        display_msg = msg.removeprefix("Value error, ") if error["type"] == "value_error" else f"{label}: {msg}"
+        return HTMLResponse(f'<div role="alert">{display_msg}</div>')
 
     user_repo = request.app.state.user_repo
     user = await user_repo.get_by_userid(userid)
@@ -179,7 +196,7 @@ async def update_user_profile(
 async def update_user_groups(
     request: Request,
     userid: str,
-    groups: Annotated[str, Form()] = "",
+    groups: str = Form(""),
 ) -> Response:
     session_user = get_session_user(request)
     if session_user is None:
@@ -188,17 +205,13 @@ async def update_user_groups(
     if admin is None:
         return HTMLResponse("Forbidden", status_code=403)
 
-    try:
-        validated = GroupListInput(groups=groups)
-    except ValidationError as exc:
-        return HTMLResponse(format_validation_errors(exc))
-
     user_repo = request.app.state.user_repo
     user = await user_repo.get_by_userid(userid)
     if user is None:
         return HTMLResponse("User not found", status_code=404)
 
-    updated = user.model_copy(update={"groups": validated.group_list})
+    group_list = [g.strip() for g in groups.split(",") if g.strip()]
+    updated = user.model_copy(update={"groups": group_list})
     await user_repo.update(updated)
     return HTMLResponse('<div role="status">Groups updated</div>')
 
@@ -340,7 +353,7 @@ async def delete_user(request: Request, userid: str) -> Response:
         return HTMLResponse("Forbidden", status_code=403)
 
     # Prevent self-deletion
-    admin_userid, _ = session_user
+    admin_userid, _ = get_session_user(request)
     if userid == admin_userid:
         return HTMLResponse('<div role="alert">Cannot delete your own account</div>')
 
diff --git a/src/porchlight/app.py b/src/porchlight/app.py
index 91bb490..acf3a70 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/app.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/app.py
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
-from slowapi.errors import RateLimitExceeded
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
 from starlette.requests import Request
-from starlette.responses import HTMLResponse as StarletteHTMLResponse
-from starlette.responses import Response
 
 from porchlight.admin.routes import router as admin_router
 from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordService
@@ -24,7 +21,6 @@ from porchlight.invite.service import MagicLinkService
 from porchlight.manage.routes import router as manage_router
 from porchlight.oidc.endpoints import router as oidc_router
 from porchlight.oidc.provider import create_oidc_server
-from porchlight.rate_limit import limiter
 from porchlight.store.sqlite.db import open_db
 from porchlight.store.sqlite.repositories import (
     SQLiteConsentRepository,
@@ -127,16 +123,6 @@ def create_app(settings: Settings | None = None) -> FastAPI:
         https_only=settings.session_https_only,
     )
 
-    # Rate limiting
-    app.state.limiter = limiter
-
-    @app.exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded)
-    async def rate_limit_handler(request: Request, exc: RateLimitExceeded) -> StarletteHTMLResponse:
-        return StarletteHTMLResponse(
-            '<div role="alert">Too many attempts. Please try again later.</div>',
-            status_code=429,
-        )
-
     # Templates
     templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=str(PACKAGE_DIR / "templates"))
 
@@ -161,7 +147,7 @@ def create_app(settings: Settings | None = None) -> FastAPI:
         return {"status": "ok"}
 
     @app.get("/")
-    async def landing(request: Request) -> Response:
+    async def landing(request: Request):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         return templates.TemplateResponse(request, "index.html")
 
     return app
diff --git a/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py b/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
index c710f3f..2ef2cea 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/authn/routes.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
-from typing import Annotated
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Form, Request, Response
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fido2.webauthn import AttestedCredentialData, AuthenticationResponse
 
 from porchlight.models import User
-from porchlight.rate_limit import limiter
 from porchlight.userid import generate_unique_userid
 
 router = APIRouter(tags=["authn"])
@@ -30,11 +28,10 @@ async def login_page(request: Request) -> HTMLResponse:
 
 
 @router.post("/login/password", response_class=HTMLResponse)
-@limiter.limit("5/minute")
 async def login_password(
     request: Request,
-    username: Annotated[str, Form()],
-    password: Annotated[str, Form()],
+    username: str = Form(),
+    password: str = Form(),
 ) -> Response:
     user_repo = request.app.state.user_repo
     cred_repo = request.app.state.credential_repo
@@ -53,9 +50,6 @@ async def login_password(
     if not password_service.verify(credential.password_hash, password):
         return HTMLResponse(error_html)
 
-    if not user.active:
-        return HTMLResponse(error_html)
-
     request.session["userid"] = user.userid
     request.session["username"] = user.username
 
@@ -83,8 +77,6 @@ async def register_magic_link(request: Request, token: str) -> Response:
 
     existing_user = await user_repo.get_by_username(link.username)
     if existing_user is not None:
-        if not existing_user.active:
-            return HTMLResponse("<p>This account has been deactivated.</p>", status_code=400)
         user = existing_user
     else:
         userid = await generate_unique_userid(user_repo)
@@ -110,7 +102,6 @@ async def login_webauthn_begin(request: Request) -> Response:
 
 
 @router.post("/login/webauthn/complete")
-@limiter.limit("10/minute")
 async def login_webauthn_complete(request: Request) -> Response:
     webauthn_service = request.app.state.webauthn_service
     user_repo = request.app.state.user_repo
@@ -153,8 +144,8 @@ async def login_webauthn_complete(request: Request) -> Response:
         await cred_repo.update_webauthn(stored)
 
     user = await user_repo.get_by_userid(userid)
-    if user is None or not user.active:
-        return JSONResponse({"error": "Authentication failed"}, status_code=400)
+    if user is None:
+        return JSONResponse({"error": "User not found"}, status_code=400)
 
     request.session["userid"] = user.userid
     request.session["username"] = user.username
diff --git a/src/porchlight/csrf.py b/src/porchlight/csrf.py
index f9b8a68..630c723 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/csrf.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/csrf.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CSRFMiddleware:
         # Origin check (defense-in-depth)
         if self.check_origin is not None:
             origin = request.headers.get("origin")
-            if origin is not None and origin not in ("null", self.check_origin):
+            if origin is not None and origin != "null" and origin != self.check_origin:
                 logger.warning("CSRF origin mismatch: expected %s, got %s", self.check_origin, origin)
                 response = HTMLResponse(
                     "<h1>403 Forbidden</h1><p>Origin mismatch</p>",
diff --git a/src/porchlight/manage/routes.py b/src/porchlight/manage/routes.py
index 69afdff..a3c4887 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/manage/routes.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/manage/routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
-from typing import Annotated
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Form, Request, Response
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, JSONResponse, RedirectResponse
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from porchlight.dependencies import get_session_user
 from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, WebAuthnCredential
-from porchlight.validation import PasswordChange, PasswordSet, ProfileUpdate, format_validation_errors
+from porchlight.validation import ProfileUpdate
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/manage", tags=["manage"])
 
@@ -54,9 +53,8 @@ async def credentials_page(request: Request) -> Response:
 @router.post("/credentials/password", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def set_password(
     request: Request,
-    password: Annotated[str, Form()],
-    confirm: Annotated[str, Form()],
-    current_password: Annotated[str, Form()] = "",
+    password: str = Form(),
+    confirm: str = Form(),
 ) -> Response:
     session_user = get_session_user(request)
     if session_user is None:
@@ -66,30 +64,15 @@ async def set_password(
     cred_repo = request.app.state.credential_repo
     password_service = request.app.state.password_service
 
+    if password != confirm:
+        return HTMLResponse('<div role="alert">Passwords do not match</div>')
+
+    if len(password) < 8:
+        return HTMLResponse('<div role="alert">Password must be at least 8 characters</div>')
+
+    password_hash = password_service.hash(password)
+
     existing = await cred_repo.get_password_by_user(userid)
-    has_password = existing is not None
-
-    # Validate input
-    try:
-        if has_password:
-            validated = PasswordChange(
-                current_password=current_password,
-                password=password,
-                confirm=confirm,
-            )
-        else:
-            validated = PasswordSet(password=password, confirm=confirm)
-    except ValidationError as exc:
-        return HTMLResponse(format_validation_errors(exc))
-
-    # Verify current password if changing
-    if has_password and isinstance(validated, PasswordChange):
-        if not password_service.verify(existing.password_hash, validated.current_password):
-            return HTMLResponse('<div role="alert">Current password is incorrect</div>')
-
-    # Store new password
-    password_hash = password_service.hash(validated.password)
-
     if existing is not None:
         await cred_repo.delete_password(userid)
 
@@ -217,6 +200,13 @@ async def profile_page(request: Request) -> Response:
 @router.post("/profile", response_class=HTMLResponse)
 async def update_profile(
     request: Request,
+    given_name: str = Form(""),
+    family_name: str = Form(""),
+    preferred_username: str = Form(""),
+    email: str = Form(""),
+    phone_number: str = Form(""),
+    picture: str = Form(""),
+    locale: str = Form(""),
 ) -> Response:
     session_user = get_session_user(request)
     if session_user is None:
@@ -224,19 +214,34 @@ async def update_profile(
 
     userid, _username = session_user
 
-    form = await request.form()
     try:
         profile = ProfileUpdate(
-            given_name=str(form.get("given_name", "")),
-            family_name=str(form.get("family_name", "")),
-            preferred_username=str(form.get("preferred_username", "")),
-            email=str(form.get("email", "")),
-            phone_number=str(form.get("phone_number", "")),
-            picture=str(form.get("picture", "")),
-            locale=str(form.get("locale", "")),
+            given_name=given_name,
+            family_name=family_name,
+            preferred_username=preferred_username,
+            email=email,
+            phone_number=phone_number,
+            picture=picture,
+            locale=locale,
         )
     except ValidationError as exc:
-        return HTMLResponse(format_validation_errors(exc))
+        error = exc.errors()[0]
+        field = error["loc"][-1] if error["loc"] else "input"
+        msg = error["msg"]
+        # Produce user-friendly field labels
+        labels = {
+            "given_name": "Given name",
+            "family_name": "Family name",
+            "preferred_username": "Display name",
+            "email": "Email",
+            "phone_number": "Phone number",
+            "picture": "Picture URL",
+            "locale": "Locale",
+        }
+        label = labels.get(str(field), str(field))
+        # Use custom message for value errors (e.g. picture URL), generic pydantic message otherwise
+        display_msg = msg.removeprefix("Value error, ") if error["type"] == "value_error" else f"{label}: {msg}"
+        return HTMLResponse(f'<div role="alert">{display_msg}</div>')
 
     user_repo = request.app.state.user_repo
     user = await user_repo.get_by_userid(userid)
diff --git a/src/porchlight/oidc/claims.py b/src/porchlight/oidc/claims.py
index edf2373..45987c0 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/oidc/claims.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/oidc/claims.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 """OIDC claims mapping and UserInfo source."""
 
-from typing import Any
-
 from idpyoidc.server.user_info import UserInfo
 
 from porchlight.models import User
@@ -30,7 +28,9 @@ def user_to_claims(user: User) -> dict:
         "locale": user.locale,
     }
 
-    claims.update({claim_name: value for claim_name, value in optional_fields.items() if value is not None})
+    for claim_name, value in optional_fields.items():
+        if value is not None:
+            claims[claim_name] = value
 
     # updated_at as Unix timestamp (OIDC spec requires number)
     if user.updated_at:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class PorchlightUserInfo(UserInfo):
     idpyoidc calls __call__() synchronously to look up claims.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
         super().__init__(db={}, **kwargs)
 
     def set_user_claims(self, user_id: str, claims: dict) -> None:
diff --git a/src/porchlight/oidc/endpoints.py b/src/porchlight/oidc/endpoints.py
index 67d4968..ee221ee 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/oidc/endpoints.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/oidc/endpoints.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ async def authorization_complete(request: Request) -> Response:
     )
 
 
-async def _check_consent_or_complete(  # noqa: PLR0913
+async def _check_consent_or_complete(
     request: Request,
     oidc_server: object,
     endpoint: object,
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ async def _check_consent_or_complete(  # noqa: PLR0913
     return RedirectResponse("/consent", status_code=303)
 
 
-async def _complete_authorization(  # noqa: PLR0913
+async def _complete_authorization(
     request: Request,
     oidc_server: object,
     endpoint: object,
@@ -332,10 +332,11 @@ async def consent_submit(request: Request) -> Response:
     redirect_uri = auth_params.get("redirect_uri", "")
     state = auth_params.get("state", "")
 
+    if action == "deny":
+        params = urlencode({"error": "access_denied", "state": state})
+        return RedirectResponse(f"{redirect_uri}?{params}", status_code=303)
+
     if action != "allow":
-        if action == "deny":
-            params = urlencode({"error": "access_denied", "state": state})
-            return RedirectResponse(f"{redirect_uri}?{params}", status_code=303)
         return HTMLResponse("<h1>Error</h1><p>Invalid action</p>", status_code=400)
 
     # Allow — collect approved scopes
@@ -356,9 +357,11 @@ async def consent_submit(request: Request) -> Response:
 
     try:
         parsed = endpoint.parse_request(auth_params)
-        if "error" in parsed:
-            raise ValueError(parsed.get("error_description", parsed["error"]))
     except Exception as exc:
         return HTMLResponse(f"<h1>Error</h1><p>{exc}</p>", status_code=400)
 
+    if "error" in parsed:
+        error_desc = parsed.get("error_description", parsed["error"])
+        return HTMLResponse(f"<h1>Error</h1><p>{error_desc}</p>", status_code=400)
+
     return await _complete_authorization(request, oidc_server, endpoint, parsed, userid, username)
diff --git a/src/porchlight/rate_limit.py b/src/porchlight/rate_limit.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 38404a8..0000000
--- a/src/porchlight/rate_limit.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-from slowapi import Limiter
-from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
-
-limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
diff --git a/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/migrations.py b/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/migrations.py
index 2bfbb32..afc5628 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/migrations.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/store/sqlite/migrations.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import aiosqlite
-import anyio
 
 
 async def run_migrations(db: aiosqlite.Connection, migrations_dir: Path) -> int:
     """Apply unapplied SQL migration files in order. Returns count of newly applied migrations."""
-    async_dir = anyio.Path(migrations_dir)
-    if not await async_dir.is_dir():
+    if not migrations_dir.is_dir():
         raise FileNotFoundError(f"Migrations directory not found: {migrations_dir}")
 
     await db.execute(
@@ -24,22 +22,19 @@ async def run_migrations(db: aiosqlite.Connection, migrations_dir: Path) -> int:
     async with db.execute("SELECT filename FROM _migrations") as cursor:
         applied = {row[0] async for row in cursor}
 
-    migration_files = sorted(
-        [f async for f in async_dir.iterdir() if f.suffix == ".sql"],
-        key=lambda f: f.name,
-    )
+    migration_files = sorted(migrations_dir.glob("*.sql"))
 
     count = 0
     for migration_file in migration_files:
         if migration_file.name in applied:
             continue
-        sql = await migration_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        sql = migration_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         await db.execute("BEGIN")
         try:
             for statement in sql.split(";"):
-                cleaned = statement.strip()
-                if cleaned:
-                    await db.execute(cleaned)
+                statement = statement.strip()
+                if statement:
+                    await db.execute(statement)
             await db.execute(
                 "INSERT INTO _migrations (filename) VALUES (?)",
                 (migration_file.name,),
diff --git a/src/porchlight/templates/admin/user_detail.html b/src/porchlight/templates/admin/user_detail.html
index 99138db..f65717e 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/templates/admin/user_detail.html
+++ b/src/porchlight/templates/admin/user_detail.html
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 <section>
     <h2>Profile</h2>
     <form hx-post="/admin/users/{{ target_user.userid }}/profile" hx-target="#profile-status" hx-swap="innerHTML">
-        <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token_processor(request) }}">
         <div>
             <label for="given_name">Given name</label>
             <input type="text" id="given_name" name="given_name" value="{{ target_user.given_name or '' }}" maxlength="255">
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@
     <h2>Groups</h2>
     <div id="groups-section">
         <form hx-post="/admin/users/{{ target_user.userid }}/groups" hx-target="#groups-status" hx-swap="innerHTML">
-            <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token_processor(request) }}">
             <div id="group-list">
                 {% for group in target_user.groups %}
                 <span class="group-tag">{{ group }}</span>
diff --git a/src/porchlight/templates/admin/users.html b/src/porchlight/templates/admin/users.html
index 675dd11..26d660b 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/templates/admin/users.html
+++ b/src/porchlight/templates/admin/users.html
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@
 <section>
     <h2>Create invite</h2>
     <form hx-post="/admin/invite" hx-target="#invite-status" hx-swap="innerHTML">
-        <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token_processor(request) }}">
         <div class="admin-search">
-            <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username or email for new invite" required
-                   maxlength="255" pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9_.@-]+"
-                   title="Letters, digits, dots, hyphens, underscores, and @">
+            <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username for new invite" required>
             <button type="submit">Create invite</button>
         </div>
     </form>
diff --git a/src/porchlight/templates/manage/credentials.html b/src/porchlight/templates/manage/credentials.html
index 6d4c269..05071c7 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/templates/manage/credentials.html
+++ b/src/porchlight/templates/manage/credentials.html
@@ -40,19 +40,13 @@
         {% endif %}
         <form hx-post="/manage/credentials/password" hx-target="#password-section" hx-swap="innerHTML">
             <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token_processor(request) }}">
-            {% if has_password %}
-            <div>
-                <label for="current_password">Current password</label>
-                <input type="password" id="current_password" name="current_password" required autocomplete="current-password">
-            </div>
-            {% endif %}
             <div>
                 <label for="password">{{ "New password" if has_password else "Set password" }}</label>
-                <input type="password" id="password" name="password" required minlength="8" maxlength="256" autocomplete="new-password">
+                <input type="password" id="password" name="password" required minlength="8" autocomplete="new-password">
             </div>
             <div>
                 <label for="confirm">Confirm password</label>
-                <input type="password" id="confirm" name="confirm" required minlength="8" maxlength="256" autocomplete="new-password">
+                <input type="password" id="confirm" name="confirm" required minlength="8" autocomplete="new-password">
             </div>
             <button type="submit">{{ "Change password" if has_password else "Set password" }}</button>
         </form>
diff --git a/src/porchlight/validation.py b/src/porchlight/validation.py
index 5d3b48c..512ad02 100644
--- a/src/porchlight/validation.py
+++ b/src/porchlight/validation.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import re
 from typing import Annotated
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, EmailStr, Field, ValidationError, field_validator, model_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, EmailStr, Field, field_validator
 from pydantic_extra_types.phone_numbers import PhoneNumberValidator
-from zxcvbn import zxcvbn
 
 E164Phone = Annotated[str, PhoneNumberValidator(number_format="E164")]
 
@@ -42,134 +40,3 @@ class ProfileUpdate(BaseModel):
             if parsed.scheme not in ("http", "https") or not parsed.netloc:
                 raise ValueError("Picture URL must be a valid HTTP or HTTPS URL")
         return v
-
-    @field_validator("locale", mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_locale(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        if isinstance(v, str):
-            v = v.strip()
-            if v == "":
-                return ""
-            if not re.match(r"^[a-z]{2,3}(-[A-Z][a-z]{3})?(-[A-Z]{2})?$", v):
-                raise ValueError("Locale must be a valid BCP 47 language tag (e.g. en, sv-SE, zh-Hans-CN)")
-        return v
-
-
-class UsernameInput(BaseModel):
-    username: str = Field(max_length=255)
-
-    @field_validator("username", mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_username(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        if isinstance(v, str):
-            v = v.strip()
-            if not v:
-                raise ValueError("Username is required")
-            if not re.match(r"^[a-zA-Z0-9_.@-]+$", v):
-                raise ValueError("Username may only contain letters, digits, dots, hyphens, underscores, and @")
-        return v
-
-
-class GroupListInput(BaseModel):
-    groups: str = ""
-
-    @property
-    def group_list(self) -> list[str]:
-        """Parse comma-separated groups into a deduplicated list."""
-        seen: set[str] = set()
-        result: list[str] = []
-        for g in (g.strip() for g in self.groups.split(",") if g.strip()):
-            if g not in seen:
-                seen.add(g)
-                result.append(g)
-        return result
-
-    @field_validator("groups", mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_groups(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        if isinstance(v, str):
-            names = [g.strip() for g in v.split(",") if g.strip()]
-            for name in names:
-                if not re.match(r"^[a-z0-9_-]{1,64}$", name):
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        f"Invalid group name '{name}'. "
-                        "Groups must be 1-64 lowercase letters, digits, hyphens, or underscores."
-                    )
-        return v
-
-
-MIN_PASSWORD_STRENGTH = 2
-
-
-class PasswordSet(BaseModel):
-    password: str = Field(min_length=8, max_length=256)
-    confirm: str
-
-    @model_validator(mode="after")
-    def validate_password(self) -> "PasswordSet":
-        if self.password != self.confirm:
-            raise ValueError("Passwords do not match")
-        result = zxcvbn(self.password)
-        if result["score"] < MIN_PASSWORD_STRENGTH:
-            feedback = result.get("feedback", {})
-            warning = feedback.get("warning", "")
-            suggestions = feedback.get("suggestions", [])
-            msg = "Password is too easily guessed."
-            if warning:
-                msg += f" {warning}."
-            if suggestions:
-                msg += " " + " ".join(suggestions)
-            raise ValueError(msg)
-        return self
-
-
-class PasswordChange(PasswordSet):
-    current_password: str
-
-    @field_validator("current_password", mode="before")
-    @classmethod
-    def validate_current_password(cls, v: str) -> str:
-        if isinstance(v, str) and v.strip() == "":
-            raise ValueError("Current password is required")
-        return v
-
-
-FIELD_LABELS: dict[str, str] = {
-    "given_name": "Given name",
-    "family_name": "Family name",
-    "preferred_username": "Display name",
-    "email": "Email",
-    "phone_number": "Phone number",
-    "picture": "Picture URL",
-    "locale": "Locale",
-    "username": "Username",
-    "groups": "Groups",
-    "password": "Password",
-    "confirm": "Confirm password",
-    "current_password": "Current password",
-}
-
-
-def format_validation_errors(exc: ValidationError) -> str:
-    """Format Pydantic ValidationError into user-friendly HTML."""
-    messages: list[str] = []
-    for error in exc.errors():
-        field = str(error["loc"][-1]) if error["loc"] else "input"
-        label = FIELD_LABELS.get(field, field)
-        msg = error["msg"]
-        if error["type"] == "value_error":
-            raw = msg.removeprefix("Value error, ")
-            # If the message already starts with the label, don't duplicate it
-            if raw.startswith(label):
-                display_msg = raw
-            else:
-                display_msg = f"{label}: {raw}"
-        else:
-            display_msg = f"{label}: {msg}"
-        messages.append(display_msg)
-
-    if len(messages) == 1:
-        return f'<div role="alert">{messages[0]}</div>'
-
-    items = "".join(f"<li>{m}</li>" for m in messages)
-    return f'<div role="alert"><ul>{items}</ul></div>'
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index cc9eee3..3506c70 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from httpx import ASGITransport, AsyncClient
 
 from porchlight.app import create_app
 from porchlight.config import Settings
-from porchlight.rate_limit import limiter
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -22,12 +21,6 @@ async def client(settings: Settings) -> AsyncIterator[AsyncClient]:
         yield ac
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-def _reset_rate_limiter() -> None:
-    """Reset the rate limiter storage before each test."""
-    limiter.reset()
-
-
 async def get_csrf_token(client: AsyncClient) -> str:
     """Get a CSRF token by visiting the login page.
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup_db.py b/tests/e2e/setup_db.py
index 5dac7aa..bb43e8e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup_db.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup_db.py
@@ -24,107 +24,6 @@ from porchlight.store.sqlite.repositories import (
 )
 
 
-async def _create_user_with_password(
-    user_repo: SQLiteUserRepository,
-    cred_repo: SQLiteCredentialRepository,
-    password_service: PasswordService,
-    user: User,
-    password: str,
-) -> None:
-    """Helper to create a user and set their password credential."""
-    await user_repo.create(user)
-    password_hash = password_service.hash(password)
-    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=password_hash))
-
-
-async def _seed_test_users(
-    user_repo: SQLiteUserRepository,
-    cred_repo: SQLiteCredentialRepository,
-    password_service: PasswordService,
-    result: dict[str, str],
-) -> None:
-    """Create all test users with passwords."""
-    # Login test user
-    await _create_user_with_password(
-        user_repo,
-        cred_repo,
-        password_service,
-        User(userid="test-user-01", username="testuser", groups=["users"]),
-        "testpassword123",
-    )
-    result["login_username"] = "testuser"
-    result["login_password"] = "testpassword123"
-
-    # Credentials management test user
-    await _create_user_with_password(
-        user_repo,
-        cred_repo,
-        password_service,
-        User(userid="test-user-02", username="creduser", groups=["users"]),
-        "credpassword123",
-    )
-    result["cred_username"] = "creduser"
-    result["cred_password"] = "credpassword123"
-
-    # WebAuthn registration test user
-    await _create_user_with_password(
-        user_repo,
-        cred_repo,
-        password_service,
-        User(userid="test-user-03", username="webauthnuser", groups=["users"]),
-        "webauthnpass123",
-    )
-    result["webauthn_username"] = "webauthnuser"
-    result["webauthn_password"] = "webauthnpass123"
-    result["webauthn_userid"] = "test-user-03"
-
-    # Profile management test user
-    await _create_user_with_password(
-        user_repo,
-        cred_repo,
-        password_service,
-        User(
-            userid="test-user-04",
-            username="profileuser",
-            given_name="Alice",
-            family_name="Smith",
-            preferred_username="asmith",
-            email="alice@example.com",
-            phone_number="+12025551234",
-            picture="https://example.com/alice.jpg",
-            locale="en",
-            groups=["users"],
-        ),
-        "profilepass123",
-    )
-    result["profile_username"] = "profileuser"
-    result["profile_password"] = "profilepass123"
-
-    # Admin user for admin page tests
-    await _create_user_with_password(
-        user_repo,
-        cred_repo,
-        password_service,
-        User(
-            userid="test-user-05",
-            username="adminuser",
-            given_name="Admin",
-            family_name="User",
-            email="admin@example.com",
-            groups=["admin", "users"],
-        ),
-        "adminpass123",
-    )
-    result["admin_username"] = "adminuser"
-    result["admin_password"] = "adminpass123"
-    result["admin_userid"] = "test-user-05"
-
-    # Disposable user for admin delete test
-    await user_repo.create(User(userid="test-user-06", username="disposableuser", groups=["users"]))
-    result["disposable_userid"] = "test-user-06"
-    result["disposable_username"] = "disposableuser"
-
-
 async def seed() -> None:
     db_path = os.environ.get("OIDC_OP_SQLITE_PATH")
     if not db_path:
@@ -140,21 +39,89 @@ async def seed() -> None:
     password_service = PasswordService()
     magic_link_service = MagicLinkService(repo=magic_link_repo)
 
-    result: dict[str, str] = {}
+    result = {}
 
-    # Create magic link for registration test
+    # 1. Create a magic link for registration test
     link = await magic_link_service.create(username="newuser")
     result["register_token"] = link.token
     result["register_username"] = "newuser"
 
-    # Create all test users
-    await _seed_test_users(user_repo, cred_repo, password_service, result)
+    # 2. Create a user with a password for login test
+    user = User(userid="test-user-01", username="testuser", groups=["users"])
+    await user_repo.create(user)
+    password_hash = password_service.hash("testpassword123")
+    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=password_hash))
+    result["login_username"] = "testuser"
+    result["login_password"] = "testpassword123"
 
-    # Create an expired/used magic link for negative test
+    # 3. Create a separate user for credentials management test
+    cred_user = User(userid="test-user-02", username="creduser", groups=["users"])
+    await user_repo.create(cred_user)
+    cred_password_hash = password_service.hash("credpassword123")
+    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=cred_user.userid, password_hash=cred_password_hash))
+    result["cred_username"] = "creduser"
+    result["cred_password"] = "credpassword123"
+
+    # 5. Create a user with password for WebAuthn registration tests
+    # (login with password first, then register a passkey)
+    webauthn_user = User(userid="test-user-03", username="webauthnuser", groups=["users"])
+    await user_repo.create(webauthn_user)
+    webauthn_password_hash = password_service.hash("webauthnpass123")
+    await cred_repo.create_password(
+        PasswordCredential(user_id=webauthn_user.userid, password_hash=webauthn_password_hash)
+    )
+    result["webauthn_username"] = "webauthnuser"
+    result["webauthn_password"] = "webauthnpass123"
+    result["webauthn_userid"] = "test-user-03"
+
+    # 4. Create an expired/used magic link for negative test
     expired_link = await magic_link_service.create(username="expired")
     await magic_link_service.mark_used(expired_link.token)
     result["used_token"] = expired_link.token
 
+    # 5. Create a user with profile data for profile management tests
+    profile_user = User(
+        userid="test-user-04",
+        username="profileuser",
+        given_name="Alice",
+        family_name="Smith",
+        preferred_username="asmith",
+        email="alice@example.com",
+        phone_number="+12025551234",
+        picture="https://example.com/alice.jpg",
+        locale="en",
+        groups=["users"],
+    )
+    await user_repo.create(profile_user)
+    profile_password_hash = password_service.hash("profilepass123")
+    await cred_repo.create_password(
+        PasswordCredential(user_id=profile_user.userid, password_hash=profile_password_hash)
+    )
+    result["profile_username"] = "profileuser"
+    result["profile_password"] = "profilepass123"
+
+    # 6. Admin user for admin page tests
+    admin_user = User(
+        userid="test-user-05",
+        username="adminuser",
+        given_name="Admin",
+        family_name="User",
+        email="admin@example.com",
+        groups=["admin", "users"],
+    )
+    await user_repo.create(admin_user)
+    admin_password_hash = password_service.hash("adminpass123")
+    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=admin_user.userid, password_hash=admin_password_hash))
+    result["admin_username"] = "adminuser"
+    result["admin_password"] = "adminpass123"
+    result["admin_userid"] = "test-user-05"
+
+    # 7. Disposable user for admin delete test (not used by any other tests)
+    disposable_user = User(userid="test-user-06", username="disposableuser", groups=["users"])
+    await user_repo.create(disposable_user)
+    result["disposable_userid"] = "test-user-06"
+    result["disposable_username"] = "disposableuser"
+
     await db.commit()
     await db.close()
     print(json.dumps(result))
diff --git a/tests/test_admin/test_admin_routes.py b/tests/test_admin/test_admin_routes.py
index 603af60..b579a44 100644
--- a/tests/test_admin/test_admin_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_admin/test_admin_routes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 import pytest
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ async def _login(
     )
 
 
-async def _create_target_user(  # noqa: PLR0913
+async def _create_target_user(
     client: AsyncClient,
     *,
     userid: str = "target-user-01",
@@ -366,6 +365,8 @@ async def test_delete_webauthn_credential(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
     )
 
     # URL uses base64url without padding
+    from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
+
     credential_id_b64 = urlsafe_b64encode(credential_id).decode().rstrip("=")
 
     token = await get_csrf_token(client)
diff --git a/tests/test_admin_groups_validation.py b/tests/test_admin_groups_validation.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ff662e9..0000000
--- a/tests/test_admin_groups_validation.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
-
-import pytest
-from httpx import AsyncClient
-
-from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordHasher, PasswordService
-from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, User
-from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
-
-
-async def _setup_admin_and_target(client: AsyncClient) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    """Create admin + target user, login as admin, return (token, target_userid)."""
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
-    cred_repo = app.state.credential_repo
-
-    admin = User(
-        userid="admin-g01",
-        username="admin_g",
-        groups=["admin", "users"],
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(admin)
-
-    target = User(
-        userid="target-g01",
-        username="target_g",
-        groups=["users"],
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(target)
-
-    svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
-    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=admin.userid, password_hash=svc.hash("AdminPass123!")))
-
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-    await client.post(
-        "/login/password",
-        data={"username": "admin_g", "password": "AdminPass123!"},
-        headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    return token, target.userid
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_valid_groups(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token, userid = await _setup_admin_and_target(client)
-    response = await client.post(
-        f"/admin/users/{userid}/groups",
-        data={"groups": "users, staff"},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "Groups updated" in response.text
-
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user = await app.state.user_repo.get_by_userid(userid)
-    assert sorted(user.groups) == ["staff", "users"]
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_invalid_group_name_rejected(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token, userid = await _setup_admin_and_target(client)
-    response = await client.post(
-        f"/admin/users/{userid}/groups",
-        data={"groups": "users, Bad Group!"},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "alert" in response.text
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_empty_groups_clears(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token, userid = await _setup_admin_and_target(client)
-    response = await client.post(
-        f"/admin/users/{userid}/groups",
-        data={"groups": ""},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "Groups updated" in response.text
-
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user = await app.state.user_repo.get_by_userid(userid)
-    assert user.groups == []
diff --git a/tests/test_admin_invite_validation.py b/tests/test_admin_invite_validation.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bf1b68..0000000
--- a/tests/test_admin_invite_validation.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
-
-import pytest
-from httpx import AsyncClient
-
-from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordHasher, PasswordService
-from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, User
-from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
-
-
-async def _login_admin(client: AsyncClient) -> str:
-    """Create and login as admin user, return CSRF token."""
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
-    cred_repo = app.state.credential_repo
-
-    user = User(
-        userid="admin-01",
-        username="admin",
-        groups=["admin", "users"],
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(user)
-
-    svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
-    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=svc.hash("AdminPass123!")))
-
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-    await client.post(
-        "/login/password",
-        data={"username": "admin", "password": "AdminPass123!"},
-        headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    return token
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_invite_valid_username(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token = await _login_admin(client)
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/admin/invite",
-        data={"username": "newuser@example.com"},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert response.status_code == 200
-    assert "Invite created" in response.text
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_invite_empty_username_rejected(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token = await _login_admin(client)
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/admin/invite",
-        data={"username": ""},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    # Empty username is rejected — either by FastAPI (422) or validation (alert)
-    assert response.status_code == 422 or "alert" in response.text
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_invite_invalid_username_rejected(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token = await _login_admin(client)
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/admin/invite",
-        data={"username": "bad user<script>"},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "alert" in response.text
-    assert "letters" in response.text.lower() or "Username" in response.text
diff --git a/tests/test_app.py b/tests/test_app.py
index 82f1358..779c417 100644
--- a/tests/test_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_app.py
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
 from httpx import AsyncClient
 
-from porchlight.dependencies import (
-    get_credential_repo,
-    get_magic_link_repo,
-    get_user_repo,
-)
-from porchlight.store.protocols import (
-    CredentialRepository,
-    MagicLinkRepository,
-    UserRepository,
-)
-
 
 async def test_health_endpoint(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
     response = await client.get("/health")
@@ -29,6 +16,12 @@ async def test_app_has_title(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
 
 
 async def test_app_has_repos_on_state(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+    from porchlight.store.protocols import (
+        CredentialRepository,
+        MagicLinkRepository,
+        UserRepository,
+    )
+
     app = client._transport.app  # type: ignore[union-attr]
     assert isinstance(app.state.user_repo, UserRepository)
     assert isinstance(app.state.credential_repo, CredentialRepository)
@@ -48,6 +41,14 @@ async def test_landing_page(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
 
 
 async def test_dependency_functions() -> None:
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+    from porchlight.dependencies import (
+        get_credential_repo,
+        get_magic_link_repo,
+        get_user_repo,
+    )
+
     request = MagicMock()
     request.app.state.user_repo = "user_repo_sentinel"
     request.app.state.credential_repo = "credential_repo_sentinel"
diff --git a/tests/test_auth_routes/test_manage_password_credential.py b/tests/test_auth_routes/test_manage_password_credential.py
index 8812b8a..787af30 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth_routes/test_manage_password_credential.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth_routes/test_manage_password_credential.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async def test_set_password_mismatch_returns_error(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
     token = await get_csrf_token(client)
     res = await client.post(
         "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={"current_password": "old", "password": "newpassword", "confirm": "different"},
+        data={"password": "newpassword", "confirm": "different"},
         headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
     )
     assert res.status_code == 200
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async def test_set_password_too_short_returns_error(client: AsyncClient) -> None
     token = await get_csrf_token(client)
     res = await client.post(
         "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={"current_password": "old", "password": "short", "confirm": "short"},
+        data={"password": "short", "confirm": "short"},
         headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
     )
     assert res.status_code == 200
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async def test_set_password_creates_or_replaces_password(client: AsyncClient) ->
     token = await get_csrf_token(client)
     res = await client.post(
         "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={"current_password": "old", "password": "NewStr0ng!Pass99", "confirm": "NewStr0ng!Pass99"},
+        data={"password": "newpassword123", "confirm": "newpassword123"},
         headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
     )
     assert res.status_code == 200
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ async def test_set_password_creates_or_replaces_password(client: AsyncClient) ->
     updated = await cred_repo.get_password_by_user(userid)
     assert updated is not None
     svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
-    assert svc.verify(updated.password_hash, "NewStr0ng!Pass99") is True
+    assert svc.verify(updated.password_hash, "newpassword123") is True
 
 
 async def test_delete_password_requires_session(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_authn/test_webauthn.py b/tests/test_authn/test_webauthn.py
index 9c3da22..207264a 100644
--- a/tests/test_authn/test_webauthn.py
+++ b/tests/test_authn/test_webauthn.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 
-import pytest
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes import SHA256
 from fido2.cose import ES256
@@ -234,6 +233,8 @@ def test_complete_authentication_verifies_signature() -> None:
 
 
 def test_complete_authentication_wrong_signature_raises() -> None:
+    import pytest
+
     service = _make_service()
     _private_key, credential_id, attested = _generate_credential()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_authn_active.py b/tests/test_authn_active.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3564bb5..0000000
--- a/tests/test_authn_active.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
-
-import pytest
-from httpx import AsyncClient
-
-from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordHasher, PasswordService
-from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, User
-from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
-
-
-async def _create_inactive_user_with_password(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    """Create an inactive user with a password credential."""
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
-    cred_repo = app.state.credential_repo
-
-    user = User(
-        userid="inactive-01",
-        username="inactive",
-        active=False,
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(user)
-
-    svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
-    await cred_repo.create_password(
-        PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=svc.hash("password123!Secure"))
-    )
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_inactive_user_cannot_login_password(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    await _create_inactive_user_with_password(client)
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/login/password",
-        data={"username": "inactive", "password": "password123!Secure"},
-        headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-
-    assert "Invalid username or password" in response.text
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_inactive_user_cannot_register_magic_link(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    """If an inactive user exists, magic link registration should reject them."""
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
-    magic_link_service = app.state.magic_link_service
-
-    user = User(
-        userid="inactive-02",
-        username="deactivated",
-        active=False,
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(user)
-
-    link = await magic_link_service.create(username="deactivated", created_by="admin", note="test")
-
-    response = await client.get(f"/register/{link.token}", follow_redirects=False)
-
-    assert response.status_code == 400 or "deactivated" in response.text.lower() or "Invalid" in response.text
diff --git a/tests/test_invite/test_service.py b/tests/test_invite/test_service.py
index 6464fce..f2036cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_invite/test_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_invite/test_service.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ MIGRATIONS_DIR = (
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-async def db() -> AsyncIterator[aiosqlite.Connection]:
+async def db():
     conn = await aiosqlite.connect(":memory:")
     conn.row_factory = aiosqlite.Row
     await conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
diff --git a/tests/test_oidc/test_consent_flow.py b/tests/test_oidc/test_consent_flow.py
index 91d3d73..cc5ac9f 100644
--- a/tests/test_oidc/test_consent_flow.py
+++ b/tests/test_oidc/test_consent_flow.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from datetime import UTC, datetime
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 from argon2 import PasswordHasher
-from fastapi import FastAPI
 from httpx import AsyncClient
 
 from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordService
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ async def test_partial_consent_filters_scopes(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
 # -- Test helpers --
 
 
-def _register_test_rp(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+def _register_test_rp(app) -> None:
     oidc_server = app.state.oidc_server
     if "consent-rp" in oidc_server.context.cdb:
         return
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ def _register_test_rp(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     oidc_server.keyjar.add_symmetric(client_id, client_secret)
 
 
-async def _create_test_user(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+async def _create_test_user(app) -> None:
     user_repo = app.state.user_repo
     existing = await user_repo.get_by_username("consentuser")
     if existing:
diff --git a/tests/test_oidc/test_e2e_flow.py b/tests/test_oidc/test_e2e_flow.py
index b1b9545..def10ae 100644
--- a/tests/test_oidc/test_e2e_flow.py
+++ b/tests/test_oidc/test_e2e_flow.py
@@ -2,41 +2,48 @@ import json
 import secrets
 from base64 import b64encode
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
-from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
 from argon2 import PasswordHasher
 from cryptojwt.jwk.jwk import key_from_jwk_dict
 from cryptojwt.jws.jws import JWS
-from fastapi import FastAPI
 from httpx import AsyncClient
 
 from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordService
 from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, User
 from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
 
-CLIENT_ID = "e2e-rp"
-CLIENT_SECRET = "e2e-secret-0123456789abcdef"  # 30+ chars
-REDIRECT_URI = "http://localhost:9000/callback"
 
+async def test_full_authorization_code_flow(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
+    """End-to-end test of the complete OIDC Authorization Code flow.
 
-async def _setup_rp_and_user(app: FastAPI) -> None:
-    """Register an RP client and create a test user with password."""
+    Exercises: discovery, client registration, authorization request,
+    password login, authorization completion, token exchange, ID token
+    validation (JWKS + JWT signature), and userinfo.
+    """
+    # -- Setup: register RP client and create user --
+    app = client._transport.app  # type: ignore[union-attr]
     oidc_server = app.state.oidc_server
     user_repo = app.state.user_repo
     cred_repo = app.state.credential_repo
 
-    oidc_server.context.cdb[CLIENT_ID] = {
-        "client_id": CLIENT_ID,
-        "client_secret": CLIENT_SECRET,
-        "redirect_uris": [(REDIRECT_URI, {})],
+    client_id = "e2e-rp"
+    client_secret = "e2e-secret-0123456789abcdef"  # 30+ chars
+    redirect_uri = "http://localhost:9000/callback"
+    state = secrets.token_urlsafe(16)
+    nonce = secrets.token_urlsafe(16)
+
+    oidc_server.context.cdb[client_id] = {
+        "client_id": client_id,
+        "client_secret": client_secret,
+        "redirect_uris": [(redirect_uri, {})],
         "response_types_supported": ["code"],
         "token_endpoint_auth_method": "client_secret_basic",
         "scope": ["openid", "profile", "email"],
         "allowed_scopes": ["openid", "profile", "email"],
         "client_salt": secrets.token_hex(8),
     }
-    oidc_server.keyjar.add_symmetric(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET)
+    oidc_server.keyjar.add_symmetric(client_id, client_secret)
 
     user = User(
         userid="lusab-bansen",
@@ -53,16 +60,13 @@ async def _setup_rp_and_user(app: FastAPI) -> None:
     svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
     await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=svc.hash("testpass")))
 
-
-async def _login_and_authorize(client: AsyncClient, state: str, nonce: str) -> str:
-    """Perform authorization request, login, consent, and return the auth code."""
-    # Step 1: Authorization request (unauthenticated) -> redirect to /login
+    # -- Step 1: Authorization request (unauthenticated) → redirect to /login --
     auth_res = await client.get(
         "/authorization",
         params={
             "response_type": "code",
-            "client_id": CLIENT_ID,
-            "redirect_uri": REDIRECT_URI,
+            "client_id": client_id,
+            "redirect_uri": redirect_uri,
             "scope": "openid profile email",
             "state": state,
             "nonce": nonce,
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ async def _login_and_authorize(client: AsyncClient, state: str, nonce: str) -> s
     assert auth_res.status_code in (302, 303), f"Expected redirect to /login, got {auth_res.status_code}"
     assert "/login" in auth_res.headers["location"]
 
-    # Step 2: Password login -> HX-Redirect to /authorization/complete
+    # -- Step 2: Password login → HX-Redirect to /authorization/complete --
     token = await get_csrf_token(client)
     login_res = await client.post(
         "/login/password",
@@ -85,14 +89,14 @@ async def _login_and_authorize(client: AsyncClient, state: str, nonce: str) -> s
         f"Expected HX-Redirect to /authorization/complete, got '{hx_redirect}'"
     )
 
-    # Step 3: Complete authorization -> redirect to consent
+    # -- Step 3: Complete authorization → redirect to consent --
     complete_res = await client.get("/authorization/complete", follow_redirects=False)
     assert complete_res.status_code in (302, 303), (
         f"Expected redirect to /consent, got {complete_res.status_code}: {complete_res.text}"
     )
     assert "/consent" in complete_res.headers["location"]
 
-    # Step 3b: Approve consent -> redirect to callback with code + state
+    # -- Step 3b: Approve consent → redirect to callback with code + state --
     token = await get_csrf_token(client)
     consent_res = await client.post(
         "/consent",
@@ -113,18 +117,15 @@ async def _login_and_authorize(client: AsyncClient, state: str, nonce: str) -> s
 
     code = callback_params["code"][0]
     assert len(code) > 0
-    return code
 
-
-async def _exchange_token(client: AsyncClient, code: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Exchange authorization code for tokens."""
-    auth_header = b64encode(f"{CLIENT_ID}:{CLIENT_SECRET}".encode()).decode()
+    # -- Step 4: Token exchange → access_token, id_token, token_type --
+    auth_header = b64encode(f"{client_id}:{client_secret}".encode()).decode()
     token_res = await client.post(
         "/token",
         data={
             "grant_type": "authorization_code",
             "code": code,
-            "redirect_uri": REDIRECT_URI,
+            "redirect_uri": redirect_uri,
         },
         headers={
             "Authorization": f"Basic {auth_header}",
@@ -137,59 +138,45 @@ async def _exchange_token(client: AsyncClient, code: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     assert "access_token" in token_data
     assert "id_token" in token_data
     assert token_data["token_type"].lower() == "bearer"
-    return token_data
 
+    access_token = token_data["access_token"]
+    id_token_jwt = token_data["id_token"]
 
-async def _validate_id_token(client: AsyncClient, id_token_jwt: str, nonce: str) -> str:
-    """Validate the ID token via JWKS and return the sub claim."""
+    # -- Step 5: Validate ID token — fetch JWKS, verify JWT signature --
     jwks_res = await client.get("/jwks")
     assert jwks_res.status_code == 200
     jwks = jwks_res.json()
     assert "keys" in jwks
     assert len(jwks["keys"]) > 0
 
-    id_token_header = json.loads(JWS()._decode(id_token_jwt.split(".", maxsplit=1)[0]))
+    # Decode the ID token header to find the key ID
+    id_token_header = json.loads(JWS()._decode(id_token_jwt.split(".")[0]))
     kid = id_token_header.get("kid")
 
+    # Find the matching key in JWKS
     matching_keys = [k for k in jwks["keys"] if k.get("kid") == kid]
     assert len(matching_keys) == 1, f"Expected 1 matching key for kid={kid}, found {len(matching_keys)}"
 
     key = key_from_jwk_dict(matching_keys[0])
 
+    # Verify JWT signature and decode payload
     verifier = JWS()
     payload = verifier.verify_compact(id_token_jwt, keys=[key])
     id_token_payload = json.loads(payload) if isinstance(payload, (str, bytes)) else payload
 
     assert id_token_payload["iss"] == "http://localhost:8000"
-    assert CLIENT_ID in id_token_payload["aud"]
+    assert client_id in id_token_payload["aud"]
     assert id_token_payload["nonce"] == nonce
 
+    # sub is a pairwise identifier — just verify it exists and is non-empty
     id_token_sub = id_token_payload["sub"]
     assert isinstance(id_token_sub, str)
     assert len(id_token_sub) > 0
-    return id_token_sub
-
-
-async def test_full_authorization_code_flow(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    """End-to-end test of the complete OIDC Authorization Code flow.
-
-    Exercises: discovery, client registration, authorization request,
-    password login, authorization completion, token exchange, ID token
-    validation (JWKS + JWT signature), and userinfo.
-    """
-    app = client._transport.app  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-    state = secrets.token_urlsafe(16)
-    nonce = secrets.token_urlsafe(16)
-
-    await _setup_rp_and_user(app)
-    code = await _login_and_authorize(client, state, nonce)
-    token_data = await _exchange_token(client, code)
-    id_token_sub = await _validate_id_token(client, token_data["id_token"], nonce)
 
     # -- Step 6: UserInfo — GET /userinfo with Bearer token --
     userinfo_res = await client.get(
         "/userinfo",
-        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token_data['access_token']}"},
+        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}"},
     )
     assert userinfo_res.status_code == 200, f"UserInfo failed: {userinfo_res.status_code} {userinfo_res.text}"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_oidc/test_provider.py b/tests/test_oidc/test_provider.py
index ebfbf97..7f3b0a7 100644
--- a/tests/test_oidc/test_provider.py
+++ b/tests/test_oidc/test_provider.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from porchlight.config import Settings
-from porchlight.oidc.claims import PorchlightUserInfo
 from porchlight.oidc.provider import create_oidc_server
 
 
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ def test_create_server_userinfo_is_porchlight() -> None:
     try:
         settings = Settings(issuer="http://localhost:8000", sqlite_path=":memory:", signing_key_path=str(key_path))
         server = create_oidc_server(settings)
+        from porchlight.oidc.claims import PorchlightUserInfo
+
         assert isinstance(server.context.userinfo, PorchlightUserInfo)
     finally:
         shutil.rmtree(key_path, ignore_errors=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_password_change.py b/tests/test_password_change.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8b672..0000000
--- a/tests/test_password_change.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-from datetime import UTC, datetime
-
-import pytest
-from httpx import AsyncClient
-
-from porchlight.authn.password import PasswordHasher, PasswordService
-from porchlight.models import PasswordCredential, User
-from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
-
-
-async def _login_user_with_password(client: AsyncClient) -> str:
-    """Create user with password, login, return CSRF token."""
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
-    cred_repo = app.state.credential_repo
-
-    user = User(
-        userid="pw-user-01",
-        username="pwuser",
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(user)
-
-    svc = PasswordService(hasher=PasswordHasher(time_cost=1, memory_cost=8192))
-    await cred_repo.create_password(PasswordCredential(user_id=user.userid, password_hash=svc.hash("OldPass123!ok")))
-
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-    await client.post(
-        "/login/password",
-        data={"username": "pwuser", "password": "OldPass123!ok"},
-        headers={"HX-Request": "true", "X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    return token
-
-
-async def _login_user_without_password(client: AsyncClient) -> str:
-    """Create user without password, simulate session login, return CSRF token."""
-    app = client._transport.app
-    user_repo = app.state.user_repo
-
-    user = User(
-        userid="pw-user-02",
-        username="newuser",
-        created_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-        updated_at=datetime.now(UTC),
-    )
-    await user_repo.create(user)
-
-    # Simulate session login via magic link
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-    magic_link_service = app.state.magic_link_service
-    link = await magic_link_service.create(username="newuser", created_by="admin", note="test")
-    await client.get(f"/register/{link.token}", follow_redirects=False)
-    # Re-fetch CSRF token after session change
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-    return token
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_change_password_requires_current(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token = await _login_user_with_password(client)
-
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={
-            "password": "NewStrong!Pass99",
-            "confirm": "NewStrong!Pass99",
-        },
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "alert" in response.text
-    assert "urrent password" in response.text
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_change_password_wrong_current_rejected(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token = await _login_user_with_password(client)
-
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={
-            "current_password": "WrongPassword",
-            "password": "NewStrong!Pass99",
-            "confirm": "NewStrong!Pass99",
-        },
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "alert" in response.text
-    assert "incorrect" in response.text.lower() or "Invalid" in response.text or "current" in response.text.lower()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_change_password_correct_current_succeeds(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    token = await _login_user_with_password(client)
-
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={
-            "current_password": "OldPass123!ok",
-            "password": "NewStrong!Pass99",
-            "confirm": "NewStrong!Pass99",
-        },
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "updated" in response.text.lower() or "status" in response.text
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_set_password_no_current_needed(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    """First-time password setup should not require current password."""
-    token = await _login_user_without_password(client)
-
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/manage/credentials/password",
-        data={
-            "password": "FirstPass!Strong99",
-            "confirm": "FirstPass!Strong99",
-        },
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-    assert "updated" in response.text.lower() or "status" in response.text
diff --git a/tests/test_rate_limit.py b/tests/test_rate_limit.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b84ea14..0000000
--- a/tests/test_rate_limit.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-from httpx import AsyncClient
-
-from tests.conftest import get_csrf_token
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_password_login_rate_limited(client: AsyncClient) -> None:
-    """After 5 failed attempts, the 6th should be rate-limited."""
-    token = await get_csrf_token(client)
-
-    for _ in range(5):
-        await client.post(
-            "/login/password",
-            data={"username": "nobody", "password": "wrong"},
-            headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-        )
-
-    response = await client.post(
-        "/login/password",
-        data={"username": "nobody", "password": "wrong"},
-        headers={"X-CSRF-Token": token},
-    )
-
-    assert response.status_code == 429
diff --git a/tests/test_store/conftest.py b/tests/test_store/conftest.py
index 3eafd33..4ee4100 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import aiosqlite
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ MIGRATIONS_DIR = (
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-async def db() -> AsyncIterator[aiosqlite.Connection]:
+async def db():
     conn = await aiosqlite.connect(":memory:")
     conn.row_factory = aiosqlite.Row
     await conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_consent_repo.py b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_consent_repo.py
index 4bb851a..d009510 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_consent_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_consent_repo.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
-import aiosqlite
-
 from porchlight.models import User
 from porchlight.store.protocols import ConsentRepository
 from porchlight.store.sqlite.repositories import SQLiteConsentRepository, SQLiteUserRepository
 
 
-async def _create_user(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> User:
+async def _create_user(db) -> User:
     """Helper to create a test user."""
     user_repo = SQLiteUserRepository(db)
     user = User(
@@ -20,12 +18,12 @@ async def _create_user(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> User:
     return await user_repo.create(user)
 
 
-async def test_implements_protocol(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_implements_protocol(db) -> None:
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     assert isinstance(repo, ConsentRepository)
 
 
-async def test_set_and_get_consent(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_set_and_get_consent(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     await repo.set_consent(user.userid, "test-rp", ["openid", "profile"])
@@ -39,14 +37,14 @@ async def test_set_and_get_consent(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
     assert isinstance(consent.updated_at, datetime)
 
 
-async def test_get_consent_not_found(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_get_consent_not_found(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     consent = await repo.get_consent(user.userid, "nonexistent")
     assert consent is None
 
 
-async def test_set_consent_upserts(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_set_consent_upserts(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     await repo.set_consent(user.userid, "test-rp", ["openid"])
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ async def test_set_consent_upserts(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
     assert consent.updated_at >= original.updated_at
 
 
-async def test_delete_consent(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_delete_consent(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     await repo.set_consent(user.userid, "test-rp", ["openid"])
@@ -75,14 +73,14 @@ async def test_delete_consent(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
     assert consent is None
 
 
-async def test_delete_consent_not_found(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_delete_consent_not_found(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     result = await repo.delete_consent(user.userid, "nonexistent")
     assert result is False
 
 
-async def test_list_consents(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_list_consents(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     await repo.set_consent(user.userid, "rp-a", ["openid"])
@@ -94,14 +92,14 @@ async def test_list_consents(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
     assert client_ids == {"rp-a", "rp-b"}
 
 
-async def test_list_consents_empty(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_list_consents_empty(db) -> None:
     user = await _create_user(db)
     repo = SQLiteConsentRepository(db)
     consents = await repo.list_consents(user.userid)
     assert consents == []
 
 
-async def test_consent_deleted_on_user_cascade(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> None:
+async def test_consent_deleted_on_user_cascade(db) -> None:
     """Consent records are deleted when the user is deleted (CASCADE)."""
     user = await _create_user(db)
     user_repo = SQLiteUserRepository(db)
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_credential_repo.py b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_credential_repo.py
index 2c5d33d..f423f8c 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_credential_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_credential_repo.py
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ async def test_create_duplicate_password(credential_repo: SQLiteCredentialReposi
     cred = PasswordCredential(user_id=alice.userid, password_hash="hash1")
     await credential_repo.create_password(cred)
 
-    cred2 = PasswordCredential(user_id=alice.userid, password_hash="hash2")
     with pytest.raises(DuplicateError):
+        cred2 = PasswordCredential(user_id=alice.userid, password_hash="hash2")
         await credential_repo.create_password(cred2)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py
index c2c9571..00664cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_magic_link_repo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
-from typing import Any
 
 import aiosqlite
 import pytest
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ def magic_link_repo(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> SQLiteMagicLinkRepository:
     return SQLiteMagicLinkRepository(db)
 
 
-def _make_link(**overrides: Any) -> MagicLink:
+def _make_link(**overrides) -> MagicLink:
     defaults = {
         "token": "abc123",
         "username": "alice",
diff --git a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_user_repo.py b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_user_repo.py
index bc6255e..0239a08 100644
--- a/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_user_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_store/test_sqlite_user_repo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from typing import Any
-
 import aiosqlite
 import pytest
 
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ def user_repo(db: aiosqlite.Connection) -> SQLiteUserRepository:
     return SQLiteUserRepository(db)
 
 
-def _make_user(**overrides: Any) -> User:
+def _make_user(**overrides) -> User:
     defaults = {"userid": "lusab-bansen", "username": "alice"}
     defaults.update(overrides)
     return User(**defaults)
diff --git a/tests/test_validation.py b/tests/test_validation.py
index 2be1afc..cdf3353 100644
--- a/tests/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/test_validation.py
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
-from porchlight.validation import (
-    GroupListInput,
-    PasswordChange,
-    PasswordSet,
-    ProfileUpdate,
-    UsernameInput,
-    format_validation_errors,
-)
+from porchlight.validation import ProfileUpdate
 
 
 class TestProfileUpdateEmail:
@@ -98,197 +91,3 @@ class TestProfileUpdateDefaults:
         assert p.phone_number is None
         assert p.picture is None
         assert p.locale == ""
-
-
-class TestProfileUpdateLocale:
-    def test_valid_locale_language_only(self) -> None:
-        p = ProfileUpdate(locale="en")
-        assert p.locale == "en"
-
-    def test_valid_locale_language_region(self) -> None:
-        p = ProfileUpdate(locale="sv-SE")
-        assert p.locale == "sv-SE"
-
-    def test_valid_locale_language_script_region(self) -> None:
-        p = ProfileUpdate(locale="zh-Hans-CN")
-        assert p.locale == "zh-Hans-CN"
-
-    def test_valid_locale_three_letter(self) -> None:
-        p = ProfileUpdate(locale="gsw")
-        assert p.locale == "gsw"
-
-    def test_empty_locale_allowed(self) -> None:
-        p = ProfileUpdate(locale="")
-        assert p.locale == ""
-
-    def test_invalid_locale_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="locale"):
-            ProfileUpdate(locale="not_a_locale!")
-
-    def test_invalid_locale_numbers(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="locale"):
-            ProfileUpdate(locale="12345")
-
-    def test_whitespace_locale_becomes_empty(self) -> None:
-        p = ProfileUpdate(locale="  ")
-        assert p.locale == ""
-
-
-class TestUsernameInput:
-    def test_valid_simple(self) -> None:
-        u = UsernameInput(username="alice")
-        assert u.username == "alice"
-
-    def test_valid_with_dots_dashes_underscores(self) -> None:
-        u = UsernameInput(username="alice.bob_charlie-1")
-        assert u.username == "alice.bob_charlie-1"
-
-    def test_valid_email_style(self) -> None:
-        u = UsernameInput(username="user@example.com")
-        assert u.username == "user@example.com"
-
-    def test_valid_uppercase(self) -> None:
-        u = UsernameInput(username="Alice")
-        assert u.username == "Alice"
-
-    def test_empty_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="username"):
-            UsernameInput(username="")
-
-    def test_whitespace_only_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="username"):
-            UsernameInput(username="   ")
-
-    def test_too_long_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
-            UsernameInput(username="a" * 256)
-
-    def test_spaces_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="username"):
-            UsernameInput(username="alice bob")
-
-    def test_special_chars_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="username"):
-            UsernameInput(username="alice<script>")
-
-    def test_strips_whitespace(self) -> None:
-        u = UsernameInput(username="  alice  ")
-        assert u.username == "alice"
-
-
-class TestGroupListInput:
-    def test_valid_single_group(self) -> None:
-        g = GroupListInput(groups="users")
-        assert g.group_list == ["users"]
-
-    def test_valid_multiple_groups(self) -> None:
-        g = GroupListInput(groups="users, admin, staff")
-        assert g.group_list == ["users", "admin", "staff"]
-
-    def test_empty_string_gives_empty_list(self) -> None:
-        g = GroupListInput(groups="")
-        assert g.group_list == []
-
-    def test_whitespace_only_gives_empty_list(self) -> None:
-        g = GroupListInput(groups="  ,  , ")
-        assert g.group_list == []
-
-    def test_valid_with_hyphens_underscores(self) -> None:
-        g = GroupListInput(groups="my-group, my_group")
-        assert g.group_list == ["my-group", "my_group"]
-
-    def test_invalid_group_name_spaces(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="group"):
-            GroupListInput(groups="bad group")
-
-    def test_invalid_group_name_special_chars(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="group"):
-            GroupListInput(groups="admin, bad!group")
-
-    def test_invalid_group_name_uppercase(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="group"):
-            GroupListInput(groups="Admin")
-
-    def test_group_name_too_long(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="group"):
-            GroupListInput(groups="a" * 65)
-
-    def test_deduplicates(self) -> None:
-        g = GroupListInput(groups="users, users, admin")
-        assert g.group_list == ["users", "admin"]
-
-
-class TestPasswordSet:
-    def test_valid_password(self) -> None:
-        p = PasswordSet(password="strongP@ss123", confirm="strongP@ss123")
-        assert p.password == "strongP@ss123"
-
-    def test_mismatch_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="match"):
-            PasswordSet(password="strongP@ss123", confirm="different")
-
-    def test_too_short_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
-            PasswordSet(password="short", confirm="short")
-
-    def test_too_long_rejected(self) -> None:
-        long_pw = "a" * 257
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
-            PasswordSet(password=long_pw, confirm=long_pw)
-
-    def test_weak_password_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=r"[Ww]eak\b|[Ss]trength|easily guessed"):
-            PasswordSet(password="password", confirm="password")
-
-    def test_common_password_rejected(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=r"[Ww]eak\b|[Ss]trength|easily guessed"):
-            PasswordSet(password="12345678", confirm="12345678")
-
-
-class TestPasswordChange:
-    def test_valid_change(self) -> None:
-        p = PasswordChange(
-            current_password="oldPassword1",
-            password="newStrongP@ss99",
-            confirm="newStrongP@ss99",
-        )
-        assert p.current_password == "oldPassword1"
-        assert p.password == "newStrongP@ss99"
-
-    def test_missing_current_password(self) -> None:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="current"):
-            PasswordChange(
-                current_password="",
-                password="newStrongP@ss99",
-                confirm="newStrongP@ss99",
-            )
-
-
-class TestFormatValidationErrors:
-    def test_single_error_no_list(self) -> None:
-        try:
-            ProfileUpdate(email="bad")
-        except ValidationError as exc:
-            result = format_validation_errors(exc)
-            assert '<div role="alert">' in result
-            assert "<ul>" not in result
-            assert "Email" in result
-
-    def test_multiple_errors_uses_list(self) -> None:
-        try:
-            ProfileUpdate(email="bad", phone_number="bad")
-        except ValidationError as exc:
-            result = format_validation_errors(exc)
-            assert '<div role="alert">' in result
-            assert "<ul>" in result
-            assert "<li>" in result
-            assert "Email" in result
-            assert "Phone" in result
-
-    def test_value_error_strips_prefix(self) -> None:
-        try:
-            ProfileUpdate(picture="ftp://bad.url")
-        except ValidationError as exc:
-            result = format_validation_errors(exc)
-            assert "Picture URL must be a valid HTTP or HTTPS URL" in result
-            assert "Value error" not in result