diff --git a/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs b/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
index 9999f9de..8547cbfb 100644
--- a/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/tolstoy/src/metadata.rs
@@ -143,17 +143,17 @@ impl SyncMetadata {
     }
 
     pub fn is_tx_empty(db_tx: &rusqlite::Transaction, tx_id: Entid) -> Result<bool> {
-        let count = db_tx.query_row("SELECT count(rowid) FROM timelined_transactions WHERE timeline = 0 AND tx = ? AND e != ?", &[&tx_id, &tx_id], |row| -> Result<i64> {
+        let count: i64 = db_tx.query_row("SELECT count(rowid) FROM timelined_transactions WHERE timeline = 0 AND tx = ? AND e != ?", &[&tx_id, &tx_id], |row| {
             Ok(row.get(0)?)
         })?;
-        Ok(count? == 0)
+        Ok(count == 0)
     }
 
     pub fn has_entity_assertions_in_tx(db_tx: &rusqlite::Transaction, e: Entid, tx_id: Entid) -> Result<bool> {
-        let count = db_tx.query_row("SELECT count(rowid) FROM timelined_transactions WHERE timeline = 0 AND tx = ? AND e = ?", &[&tx_id, &e], |row| -> Result<i64> {
+        let count: i64 = db_tx.query_row("SELECT count(rowid) FROM timelined_transactions WHERE timeline = 0 AND tx = ? AND e = ?", &[&tx_id, &e], |row| {
             Ok(row.get(0)?)
         })?;
-        Ok(count? > 0)
+        Ok(count > 0)
     }
 }