diff --git a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs
index 093784d27..a18b9a956 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/commands/debug_cmd/replay_engine.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ impl Command {
         let (payload_service, payload_builder): (_, PayloadBuilderHandle<EthEngineTypes>) =
             PayloadBuilderService::new(payload_generator, blockchain_db.canonical_state_stream());
 
-        ctx.task_executor.spawn_critical("payload builder service", Box::pin(payload_service));
+        ctx.task_executor.spawn_critical("payload builder service", payload_service);
 
         // Configure the consensus engine
         let network_client = network.fetch_client().await?;
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/filter.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/filter.rs
index 94aed3e80..f5100a0ab 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/filter.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/eth/filter.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ where
         let eth_filter = Self { inner: Arc::new(inner) };
 
         let this = eth_filter.clone();
-        eth_filter.inner.task_spawner.clone().spawn_critical(
+        eth_filter.inner.task_spawner.spawn_critical(
             "eth-filters_stale-filters-clean",
             Box::pin(async move {
                 this.watch_and_clear_stale_filters().await;
diff --git a/crates/tasks/src/lib.rs b/crates/tasks/src/lib.rs
index 04e756484..b1d4b21c0 100644
--- a/crates/tasks/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tasks/src/lib.rs
@@ -656,10 +656,7 @@ mod tests {
         let manager = TaskManager::new(handle);
         let executor = manager.executor();
 
-        executor.spawn_critical(
-            "this is a critical task",
-            Box::pin(async { panic!("intentionally panic") }),
-        );
+        executor.spawn_critical("this is a critical task", async { panic!("intentionally panic") });
 
         runtime.block_on(async move {
             let err = manager.await;
@@ -678,13 +675,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         let (signal, shutdown) = signal();
 
-        executor.spawn_critical(
-            "this is a critical task",
-            Box::pin(async move {
-                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
-                drop(signal);
-            }),
-        );
+        executor.spawn_critical("this is a critical task", async move {
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+            drop(signal);
+        });
 
         drop(manager);