diff --git a/src/shared_utilities/models.jl b/src/shared_utilities/models.jl
index eef7083c57..c00ce578a2 100644
--- a/src/shared_utilities/models.jl
+++ b/src/shared_utilities/models.jl
@@ -211,19 +211,6 @@ function make_imp_tendency(model::AbstractImExModel)
     return imp_tendency!
 end
 
-"""
-    make_imp_tendency(model::AbstractModel)
-
-Returns an `imp_tendency` that does nothing. This model type is not
-stepped explicity.
-"""
-function make_imp_tendency(model::AbstractModel)
-    compute_imp_tendency! = make_compute_imp_tendency(model)
-    function imp_tendency!(dY, Y, p, t)
-        compute_imp_tendency!(dY, Y, p, t)
-    end
-end
-
 """
     make_exp_tendency(model::AbstractModel)
 
diff --git a/src/standalone/Vegetation/Canopy.jl b/src/standalone/Vegetation/Canopy.jl
index c2cf9559cd..d5eb825e31 100644
--- a/src/standalone/Vegetation/Canopy.jl
+++ b/src/standalone/Vegetation/Canopy.jl
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using ClimaLand: AbstractRadiativeDrivers, AbstractAtmosphericDrivers
 import ..Parameters as LP
 
 import ClimaLand:
-    AbstractExpModel,
     name,
     prognostic_vars,
     prognostic_types,
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ struct SharedCanopyParameters{FT <: AbstractFloat, PSE}
 end
 
 """
-     CanopyModel{FT, AR, RM, PM, SM, PHM, EM, SM, A, R, S, PS, D} <: AbstractExpModel{FT}
+     CanopyModel{FT, AR, RM, PM, SM, PHM, EM, SM, A, R, S, PS, D} <: ClimaLand.AbstractImExModel{FT}
 
 The model struct for the canopy, which contains
 - the canopy model domain (a point for site-level simulations, or
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ treated differently.
 $(DocStringExtensions.FIELDS)
 """
 struct CanopyModel{FT, AR, RM, PM, SM, PHM, EM, SIFM, A, R, S, PS, D} <:
-       AbstractExpModel{FT}
+       ClimaLand.AbstractImExModel{FT}
     "Autotrophic respiration model, a canopy component model"
     autotrophic_respiration::AR
     "Radiative transfer model, a canopy component model"
@@ -697,10 +696,7 @@ end
 function ClimaLand.get_drivers(model::CanopyModel)
     return (model.atmos, model.radiation)
 end
-
-
 include("./canopy_boundary_fluxes.jl")
-
 #Make the canopy model broadcastable
 Base.broadcastable(C::CanopyModel) = tuple(C)
 end
diff --git a/test/standalone/Vegetation/canopy_model.jl b/test/standalone/Vegetation/canopy_model.jl
index 37c1098e6b..1cadc42dab 100644
--- a/test/standalone/Vegetation/canopy_model.jl
+++ b/test/standalone/Vegetation/canopy_model.jl
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ end
             ) ./ ΔT
         estimated_LW = p.canopy.energy.∂LW_n∂Tc
         @test parent(abs.(finitediff_LW .- estimated_LW) ./ finitediff_LW)[1] <
-              0.05
+              0.01
 
         finitediff_SHF = (p_2.canopy.energy.shf .- p.canopy.energy.shf) ./ ΔT
         estimated_SHF = p.canopy.energy.∂SHF∂Tc