diff --git a/backend/alembic/versions/1f60f60c3401_embedding_model_search_settings.py b/backend/alembic/versions/1f60f60c3401_embedding_model_search_settings.py
index b8a3f139b..42f4c22ed 100644
--- a/backend/alembic/versions/1f60f60c3401_embedding_model_search_settings.py
+++ b/backend/alembic/versions/1f60f60c3401_embedding_model_search_settings.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ from danswer.configs.chat_configs import NUM_POSTPROCESSED_RESULTS
 # revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
 revision = "1f60f60c3401"
 down_revision = "f17bf3b0d9f1"
-branch_labels = None
-depends_on = None
+branch_labels: None = None
+depends_on: None = None
 
 
 def upgrade() -> None:
diff --git a/backend/danswer/auth/users.py b/backend/danswer/auth/users.py
index 72fe45ee3..97508f8aa 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/auth/users.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/auth/users.py
@@ -445,3 +445,8 @@ async def current_admin_user(user: User | None = Depends(current_user)) -> User
         )
 
     return user
+
+
+def get_default_admin_user_emails_() -> list[str]:
+    # No default seeding available for Danswer MIT
+    return []
diff --git a/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py b/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py
index f230d9e2f..97c659260 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py
@@ -68,13 +68,7 @@ def fetch_versioned_implementation_with_fallback(
 ) -> T:
     try:
         return fetch_versioned_implementation(module, attribute)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning(
-            "Failed to fetch versioned implementation for %s.%s: %s",
-            module,
-            attribute,
-            e,
-        )
+    except Exception:
         return fallback