diff --git a/include/ircd/resource/response.h b/include/ircd/resource/response.h
index d7aad00f6..15f52350a 100644
--- a/include/ircd/resource/response.h
+++ b/include/ircd/resource/response.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct ircd::resource::response::chunked
 	chunked(client &, const http::code &, const vector_view<const http::header> &, const size_t &buffer_size = default_buffer_size);
 	chunked(client &, const http::code &, const size_t &buffer_size = default_buffer_size);
 	chunked(const chunked &) = delete;
-	chunked(chunked &&) noexcept;
+	chunked(chunked &&) = delete;
 	chunked() = default;
 	~chunked() noexcept;
 };
diff --git a/ircd/resource.cc b/ircd/resource.cc
index c8707b4a7..6dac231e5 100644
--- a/ircd/resource.cc
+++ b/ircd/resource.cc
@@ -754,13 +754,6 @@ catch(const std::exception &e)
 // resource::response::chunked
 //
 
-ircd::resource::response::chunked::chunked(chunked &&other)
-noexcept
-:c{std::move(other.c)}
-{
-	other.c = nullptr;
-}
-
 ircd::resource::response::chunked::chunked(client &client,
                                            const http::code &code,
                                            const size_t &buffer_size)
diff --git a/modules/client/sync.cc b/modules/client/sync.cc
index 1e171870d..e13dfe157 100644
--- a/modules/client/sync.cc
+++ b/modules/client/sync.cc
@@ -140,15 +140,15 @@ ircd::m::sync::handle_get(client &client,
 
 	// When shortpoll was successful, do nothing else.
 	if(shortpolled)
-		return response;
+		return {};
 
 	if(longpoll::poll(data, args))
-		return response;
+		return {};
 
 	// A user-timeout occurred. According to the spec we return a
 	// 200 with empty fields rather than a 408.
 	empty_response(data);
-	return response;
+	return {};
 }
 
 void