diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.lock b/services/blob/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.lock
@@ -829,7 +829,6 @@
  "aws-config",
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
  "aws-sdk-s3",
- "aws-types",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "comm-services-lib",
diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.toml b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 aws-config = "0.55"
 aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.27"
 aws-sdk-s3 = "0.27"
-aws-types = "0.55.2"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib", features = ["http"] }
diff --git a/services/blob/src/config.rs b/services/blob/src/config.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/config.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 }
 
 /// Provides region/credentials configuration for AWS SDKs
-pub async fn load_aws_config() -> aws_types::SdkConfig {
+pub async fn load_aws_config() -> aws_config::SdkConfig {
   let mut config_builder = aws_config::from_env();
 
   if let Some(endpoint) = &CONFIG.localstack_endpoint {
diff --git a/services/blob/src/database/client.rs b/services/blob/src/database/client.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/database/client.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/database/client.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 };
 use chrono::Utc;
 use comm_services_lib::database::TryFromAttribute;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use tracing::{debug, error, trace};
 
 use crate::constants::db::*;
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct DatabaseClient {
-  ddb: Arc<aws_sdk_dynamodb::Client>,
+  ddb: aws_sdk_dynamodb::Client,
 }
 
 /// public interface implementation
 impl DatabaseClient {
-  pub fn new(aws_config: &aws_types::SdkConfig) -> Self {
+  pub fn new(aws_config: &aws_config::SdkConfig) -> Self {
     DatabaseClient {
-      ddb: Arc::new(aws_sdk_dynamodb::Client::new(aws_config)),
+      ddb: aws_sdk_dynamodb::Client::new(aws_config),
     }
   }
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     // delete the holder row
     let assignment_key = PrimaryKey {
       blob_hash: blob_hash.clone(),
-      holder: holder.into(),
+      holder,
     };
     let delete_request = Delete::builder()
       .table_name(BLOB_TABLE_NAME)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
         }
       })
       .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
-      .map_err(|err| DBError::Attribute(err))
+      .map_err(DBError::Attribute)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/services/blob/src/s3.rs b/services/blob/src/s3.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/s3.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/s3.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
   types::{CompletedMultipartUpload, CompletedPart},
   Error as S3Error,
 };
-use std::{
-  ops::{Bound, RangeBounds},
-  sync::Arc,
-};
+use std::ops::{Bound, RangeBounds};
 use tracing::{debug, error, trace};
 
 #[derive(
@@ -100,17 +97,17 @@
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct S3Client {
-  client: Arc<aws_sdk_s3::Client>,
+  client: aws_sdk_s3::Client,
 }
 
 impl S3Client {
-  pub fn new(aws_config: &aws_types::SdkConfig) -> Self {
+  pub fn new(aws_config: &aws_config::SdkConfig) -> Self {
     let s3_config = aws_sdk_s3::config::Builder::from(aws_config)
       // localstack doesn't support virtual addressing
       .force_path_style(crate::config::CONFIG.localstack_endpoint.is_some())
       .build();
     S3Client {
-      client: Arc::new(aws_sdk_s3::Client::from_conf(s3_config)),
+      client: aws_sdk_s3::Client::from_conf(s3_config),
     }
   }
 
@@ -204,7 +201,7 @@
 
 /// Represents a multipart upload session to the AWS S3
 pub struct MultiPartUploadSession {
-  client: Arc<aws_sdk_s3::Client>,
+  client: aws_sdk_s3::Client,
   bucket_name: String,
   object_name: String,
   upload_id: String,
@@ -215,7 +212,7 @@
   /// Starts a new upload session and returns its instance
   /// Don't call this directly, use [`S3Client::start_upload_session()`] instead
   async fn start(
-    client: &Arc<aws_sdk_s3::Client>,
+    client: &aws_sdk_s3::Client,
     s3_path: &S3Path,
   ) -> S3Result<Self> {
     let multipart_upload_res: CreateMultipartUploadOutput = client