diff --git a/src/workers.rs b/src/workers.rs
index 38a616a..77e7425 100644
--- a/src/workers.rs
+++ b/src/workers.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pub async fn purge_spammer_accounts(
 // Since this can fail, we put it into a worker that periodically retries on any
 // user marked as spam and not already locked/notified.
 
-pub async fn lock_user_account(forge: &Forgejo, username: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+async fn lock_user_account(forge: &Forgejo, username: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let opts = forgejo_api::structs::EditUserOption {
         // boilerplate: we do not change these settings
         active: None,