diff --git a/src/Xrefcheck/Progress.hs b/src/Xrefcheck/Progress.hs
index e5763550..5ec9d07c 100644
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Progress.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Progress.hs
@@ -120,14 +120,14 @@ reportRetry item Progress{..} = Progress
   , ..
   }
 
-setTaskTimestamp :: w -> Time Second -> Time Second -> Progress a w -> Progress a w
-setTaskTimestamp _ ttc startTime Progress{..} = Progress
+setTaskTimestamp :: Time Second -> Time Second -> Progress a w -> Progress a w
+setTaskTimestamp ttc startTime Progress{..} = Progress
   { pTaskTimestamp = Just (TaskTimestamp ttc startTime)
   , ..
   }
 
-getTaskTimestamp :: w -> Progress a w -> Maybe TaskTimestamp
-getTaskTimestamp _ = pTaskTimestamp
+getTaskTimestamp :: Progress a w -> Maybe TaskTimestamp
+getTaskTimestamp = pTaskTimestamp
 
 removeTaskTimestamp :: Progress a w -> Progress a w
 removeTaskTimestamp Progress{..} = Progress
diff --git a/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs b/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
index 99b717af..458cba15 100644
--- a/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
+++ b/src/Xrefcheck/Verify.hs
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@ verifyReference
           RIExternal (ELUrl url) -> VerifyProgress{ vrExternal =
             let vrExternalAdvanced = moveProgress url vrExternal
             in  case mbRetryData of
-                  Just (now, retryAfter) -> case getTaskTimestamp url vrExternal of
+                  Just (now, retryAfter) -> case getTaskTimestamp vrExternal of
                     Just (TaskTimestamp ttc start)
                       | retryAfter +:+ now <= ttc +:+ start -> vrExternalAdvanced
-                    _ -> setTaskTimestamp url retryAfter now vrExternalAdvanced
+                    _ -> setTaskTimestamp retryAfter now vrExternalAdvanced
                   Nothing -> vrExternalAdvanced, .. }
       , ()
       )
diff --git a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TooManyRequestsSpec.hs b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TooManyRequestsSpec.hs
index 559764f7..dc01ff48 100644
--- a/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TooManyRequestsSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/Test/Xrefcheck/TooManyRequestsSpec.hs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
         setRef <- newIORef S.empty
         progressRef <- newIORef VerifyProgress
               { vrLocal = initProgress 0
-              , vrExternal = setTaskTimestamp "" (sec 3) (now -:- sec 1.5)
+              , vrExternal = setTaskTimestamp (sec 3) (now -:- sec 1.5)
                   . reportSuccess ""
                   $ initProgress 2
               }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
           setRef
           progressRef
         progress <- vrExternal <$> readIORef progressRef
-        let ttc = ttTimeToCompletion <$> getTaskTimestamp "" progress
+        let ttc = ttTimeToCompletion <$> getTaskTimestamp progress
         flip assertBool (ttc == Just (sec 2)) $
           "Expected time to completion be equal to " ++ show (Just $ sec 2) ++
           ", but instead it's " ++ show ttc
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
         setRef <- newIORef S.empty
         progressRef <- newIORef VerifyProgress
               { vrLocal = initProgress 0
-              , vrExternal = setTaskTimestamp "" (sec 2) (now -:- sec 1.5)
+              , vrExternal = setTaskTimestamp (sec 2) (now -:- sec 1.5)
                   . reportSuccess ""
                   $ initProgress 2
               }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
           setRef
           progressRef
         progress <- vrExternal <$> readIORef progressRef
-        let ttc = fromMaybe (sec 0) $ ttTimeToCompletion <$> getTaskTimestamp "" progress
+        let ttc = fromMaybe (sec 0) $ ttTimeToCompletion <$> getTaskTimestamp progress
         flip assertBool (sec 3 <= ttc && ttc <= sec 4) $
           "Expected time to completion be within range (seconds): 3 <= x <= 4" ++
           ", but instead it's " ++ show ttc
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
         setRef <- newIORef S.empty
         progressRef <- newIORef VerifyProgress
               { vrLocal = initProgress 0
-              , vrExternal = setTaskTimestamp "" (sec 1) (now -:- sec 1.5)
+              , vrExternal = setTaskTimestamp (sec 1) (now -:- sec 1.5)
                   . reportSuccess ""
                   $ initProgress 2
               }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ test_tooManyRequests = testGroup "429 response tests"
           setRef
           progressRef
         progress <- vrExternal <$> readIORef progressRef
-        let ttc = ttTimeToCompletion <$> getTaskTimestamp "" progress
+        let ttc = ttTimeToCompletion <$> getTaskTimestamp progress
         flip assertBool (ttc == Just (sec 0)) $
           "Expected time to completion be 0 seconds" ++
           ", but instead it's " ++ show ttc