diff --git a/app/mailers/repository_check_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/repository_check_mailer.rb
index 994054c876992f3df2b27e85bc772318735cc064..2bff5b63cc448291336e83213911a6305d6d1d6c 100644
--- a/app/mailers/repository_check_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/repository_check_mailer.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 class RepositoryCheckMailer < BaseMailer
-  include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
-
   def notify(failed_count)
     if failed_count == 1
       @message = "One project failed its last repository check"
diff --git a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml
index 533a2f429738bf0bdacbd17e344ad8b5b996ab8c..555aea554f05e246307a727f009e78b28d8306a7 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_form.html.haml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
       .col-sm-offset-2.col-sm-10
         = link_to 'Clear all repository checks', clear_repository_check_states_admin_application_settings_path, data: { confirm: 'This will clear repository check states for ALL projects in the database. This cannot be undone. Are you sure?' }, method: :put, class: "btn btn-sm btn-remove"
         .help-block
-          If you got a lot of false alarms from repository checks (maybe your fileserver was temporarily unavailable) you can choose to clear all repository check information from the database.
+          If you got a lot of false alarms from repository checks you can choose to clear all repository check information from the database.
  
 
   .form-actions
diff --git a/app/workers/repository_check_worker.rb b/app/workers/repository_check_worker.rb
index 017f49de08cfddbe4ae24a3ca5185400588330ab..bdacdd4c6b07980cf0ad3c1e6ec69b7d1e1a155f 100644
--- a/app/workers/repository_check_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/repository_check_worker.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class RepositoryCheckWorker
       break if Time.now - start >= RUN_TIME
       break unless current_settings.repository_checks_enabled
 
-      next if !try_obtain_lease(project_id)
+      next unless try_obtain_lease(project_id)
 
       SingleRepositoryCheckWorker.new.perform(project_id)
     end
diff --git a/spec/workers/repository_check_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/repository_check_worker_spec.rb
index 13493ad2c6a6829ea7ff2fa55944373a4747d277..7a757658e97aafa4ad694033ae62598105a54ca2 100644
--- a/spec/workers/repository_check_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/repository_check_worker_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ describe RepositoryCheckWorker do
   subject { RepositoryCheckWorker.new }
 
   it 'prefers projects that have never been checked' do
-    projects = 3.times.map { create(:project) }
+    projects = create_list(:project, 3)
     projects[0].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 1.month.ago)
     projects[2].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 3.weeks.ago)
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe RepositoryCheckWorker do
   end
 
   it 'sorts projects by last_repository_check_at' do
-    projects = 3.times.map { create(:project) }
+    projects = create_list(:project, 3)
     projects[0].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 2.weeks.ago)
     projects[1].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 1.month.ago)
     projects[2].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 3.weeks.ago)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe RepositoryCheckWorker do
   end
 
   it 'excludes projects that were checked recently' do
-    projects = 3.times.map { create(:project) }
+    projects = create_list(:project, 3)
     projects[0].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 2.days.ago)
     projects[1].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 1.month.ago)
     projects[2].update_column(:last_repository_check_at, 3.days.ago)