diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index 7bf0694..feffb2c 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (p *processor) exec() {
 		// NOTE: This deferred anonymous function needs to take taskMessage as a value because
 		// the message can be mutated by the time this function is called.
 		defer func(msg taskMessage) {
-			if err := p.rdb.lrem(inProgress, &msg); err != nil {
+			if err := p.rdb.remove(inProgress, &msg); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("[ERROR] could not remove %+v from %q: %v\n", msg, inProgress, err)
 			}
 			<-p.sema // release token
diff --git a/rdb.go b/rdb.go
index bd22df0..e5fc337 100644
--- a/rdb.go
+++ b/rdb.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ func (r *rdb) dequeue(qname string, timeout time.Duration) (*taskMessage, error)
 	return &msg, nil
 }
 
-func (r *rdb) lrem(key string, msg *taskMessage) error {
+// remove deletes all elements equal to msg from a redis list with the given key.
+func (r *rdb) remove(key string, msg *taskMessage) error {
 	bytes, err := json.Marshal(msg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not marshal %+v to json: %v", msg, err)
@@ -122,17 +123,6 @@ func (r *rdb) kill(msg *taskMessage) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// listQueues returns the list of all queues.
-// NOTE: Add default to the slice if empty because
-// BLPOP will error out if empty list is passed.
-func (r *rdb) listQueues() []string {
-	queues := r.client.SMembers(allQueues).Val()
-	if len(queues) == 0 {
-		queues = append(queues, queuePrefix+"default")
-	}
-	return queues
-}
-
 // moveAll moves all tasks from src list to dst list.
 func (r *rdb) moveAll(src, dst string) error {
 	script := redis.NewScript(`
diff --git a/rdb_test.go b/rdb_test.go
index b5bf734..c769a4a 100644
--- a/rdb_test.go
+++ b/rdb_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func TestEnqueue(t *testing.T) {
 		err := r.enqueue(tc.msg)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
+			continue
 		}
 		res := r.client.LRange(defaultQueue, 0, -1).Val()
 		if len(res) != 1 {