diff --git a/osquery/events/darwin/es_utils.cpp b/osquery/events/darwin/es_utils.cpp
index 2d3afc38e32..231cf40b2a0 100644
--- a/osquery/events/darwin/es_utils.cpp
+++ b/osquery/events/darwin/es_utils.cpp
@@ -162,12 +162,4 @@ void getProcessProperties(const es_process_t* p,
   ec->cwd = getCwdPathFromPid(ec->pid);
 }
 
-void appendQuotedString(std::ostream& out, std::string s, char delim) {
-  if (s.find(delim) != std::string::npos || s.find('"') != std::string::npos) {
-    out << std::quoted(s) << delim;
-  } else {
-    out << s << delim;
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace osquery
diff --git a/osquery/tables/system/darwin/homebrew_packages.cpp b/osquery/tables/system/darwin/homebrew_packages.cpp
index e57dfc4b305..2f270e1e3c3 100644
--- a/osquery/tables/system/darwin/homebrew_packages.cpp
+++ b/osquery/tables/system/darwin/homebrew_packages.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const std::set<std::string> kHomebrewPrefixes = {
     "/opt/homebrew",
 };
 
+namespace {
+
 std::vector<std::string> getHomebrewAppInfoPlistPaths(const std::string& root) {
   std::vector<std::string> results;
   auto status = osquery::listDirectoriesInDirectory(root, results);
@@ -338,6 +340,8 @@ void packagesFromPrefix(QueryData& results,
   computeVersionsForCasks(results, prefix, userRequested);
 }
 
+} // namespace
+
 QueryData genHomebrewPackages(QueryContext& context) {
   QueryData results;
 
diff --git a/osquery/tables/system/windows/shimcache.cpp b/osquery/tables/system/windows/shimcache.cpp
index 8e6feeb14d6..b83c37741d4 100644
--- a/osquery/tables/system/windows/shimcache.cpp
+++ b/osquery/tables/system/windows/shimcache.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 
+namespace osquery {
+namespace tables {
+
+namespace {
+
 const int kWin8 = 256;
 const int kWin10PreCreator = 96;
 const int kWin10Creator = 104;
@@ -44,8 +49,7 @@ struct ShimcacheData {
   boost::optional<bool> execution_flag;
 };
 
-namespace osquery {
-namespace tables {
+} // namespace
 
 auto parseShimcacheData(const std::string& token,
                         const boost::optional<bool>& execution_flag_exists) {
@@ -227,3 +231,4 @@ QueryData genShimcache(QueryContext& context) {
 
 } // namespace tables
 } // namespace osquery
+