diff --git a/R/daemons.R b/R/daemons.R
index 95bf2303..f9dc7c39 100644
--- a/R/daemons.R
+++ b/R/daemons.R
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ daemons <- function(n, url = NULL, remote = NULL, dispatcher = TRUE, ...,
           check_store_url(sock, envir)
         },
         {
-          url <- url[1L]
           tls <- configure_tls(url, tls, pass, envir, returnconfig = FALSE)
           cv <- cv()
           dots <- parse_dots(...)
@@ -516,10 +515,8 @@ tokenized_url <- function(url) sprintf("%s/%s", url, random(12L))
 req_socket <- function(url, tls = NULL, resend = 0L)
   `opt<-`(socket("req", listen = url, tls = tls), "req:resend-time", resend)
 
-parse_dispatcher <- function(x) {
-  x <- x[1L]
+parse_dispatcher <- function(x)
   if (is.logical(x)) 1L + (!is.na(x) && x) else if (x == "process" || x == "thread") 3L else if (x == "none") 1L else 4L
-}
 
 parse_dots <- function(...) {
   ...length() || return("")
diff --git a/R/mirai.R b/R/mirai.R
index 238b3dd5..3ce1f3b1 100644
--- a/R/mirai.R
+++ b/R/mirai.R
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ everywhere <- function(.expr, ..., .args = list(), .serial = NULL, .compute = "d
       vec[[i]] <- mirai(.expr, ..., .args = .args, .compute = .compute)
   } else {
     .expr <- c(.block, .expr)
-    vec <- vector(mode = "list", length = max(status(.compute)[["connections"]], envir[["n"]]))
+    vec <- vector(mode = "list", length = status(.compute)[["connections"]])
     for (i in seq_along(vec))
       vec[[i]] <- mirai(.expr, ..., .args = .args, .compute = .compute)
   }
diff --git a/tests/tests.R b/tests/tests.R
index 79428961..478aa0e1 100644
--- a/tests/tests.R
+++ b/tests/tests.R
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ connection && .Platform[["OS.type"]] != "windows" && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "
 # TLS tests
 connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
   Sys.sleep(1L)
-  test_zero(daemons(url = c("tls+tcp://127.0.0.1:0", "wss://127.0.0.1:0"), pass = "test"))
+  test_zero(daemons(url = "tls+tcp://127.0.0.1:0", pass = "test"))
   test_equal(launch_local(1L), 1L)
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   test_true(grepl("CERTIFICATE", launch_remote(1L), fixed = TRUE))
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
 connection && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   q <- vector(mode = "list", length = 10000L)
+  Sys.setenv(R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES = "stats,utils")
   test_equal(daemons(4), 4L)
+  Sys.unsetenv("R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES")
   for (i in seq_len(10000L)) {q[[i]] <- mirai(1L); attr(q[[i]], "status") <- status()}
   test_equal(sum(unlist(collect_mirai(q))), 10000L)
   test_true(all(as.logical(lapply(lapply(q, attr, "status"), is.list))))