diff --git a/bookwyrm/activitypub/verbs.py b/bookwyrm/activitypub/verbs.py
index bb6000459..00c9524fe 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/activitypub/verbs.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/activitypub/verbs.py
@@ -256,4 +256,5 @@ class Move(Verb):
                 allow_external_connections=allow_external_connections,
             )
         else:
-            return None
+            # we might do something with this to move other objects at some point
+            pass
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/move.py b/bookwyrm/models/move.py
index e5c1d4719..e6833b826 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/move.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/move.py
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ from bookwyrm import activitypub
 from .activitypub_mixin import ActivityMixin
 from .base_model import BookWyrmModel
 from . import fields
-from .status import Status
-from bookwyrm.models import User
-
 
 class Move(ActivityMixin, BookWyrmModel):
     """migrating an activitypub user account"""
@@ -34,14 +31,6 @@ class Move(ActivityMixin, BookWyrmModel):
 
     activity_serializer = activitypub.Move
 
-    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    @classmethod
-    def ignore_activity(cls, activity, allow_external_connections=True):
-        """don't bother with incoming moves of unknown objects"""
-        # TODO
-        pass
-
-
 class MoveUser(Move):
     """migrating an activitypub user account"""
 
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/preferences/move_user.py b/bookwyrm/views/preferences/move_user.py
index 57abef3ea..0c9eb1987 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/preferences/move_user.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/preferences/move_user.py
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ class MoveUser(View):
 
                 return redirect("user-feed", username=request.user.username)
 
-            except (PermissionDenied):
+            except PermissionDenied:
                 form.errors["target"] = [
-                    "You must set this server's user as an alias on the user you wish to move to before moving"
+                    "Set this user as an alias on the user you wish to move to before moving"
                 ]
                 data = {"form": form, "user": request.user}
                 return TemplateResponse(request, "preferences/move_user.html", data)