diff --git a/lightning-invoice/src/payment.rs b/lightning-invoice/src/payment.rs
index d08f38facd4..4e249a85c3f 100644
--- a/lightning-invoice/src/payment.rs
+++ b/lightning-invoice/src/payment.rs
@@ -150,13 +150,12 @@ use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 /// See [module-level documentation] for details.
 ///
 /// [module-level documentation]: crate::payment
-pub struct InvoicePayer<P: Deref, R, S: Deref, L: Deref, E>
+pub struct InvoicePayer<P: Deref, R, S: Deref, L: Deref, E: EventHandler>
 where
 	P::Target: Payer,
 	R: for <'a> Router<<<S as Deref>::Target as LockableScore<'a>>::Locked>,
 	S::Target: for <'a> LockableScore<'a>,
 	L::Target: Logger,
-	E: EventHandler,
 {
 	payer: P,
 	router: R,
@@ -221,13 +220,12 @@ pub enum PaymentError {
 	Sending(PaymentSendFailure),
 }
 
-impl<P: Deref, R, S: Deref, L: Deref, E> InvoicePayer<P, R, S, L, E>
+impl<P: Deref, R, S: Deref, L: Deref, E: EventHandler> InvoicePayer<P, R, S, L, E>
 where
 	P::Target: Payer,
 	R: for <'a> Router<<<S as Deref>::Target as LockableScore<'a>>::Locked>,
 	S::Target: for <'a> LockableScore<'a>,
 	L::Target: Logger,
-	E: EventHandler,
 {
 	/// Creates an invoice payer that retries failed payment paths.
 	///
@@ -455,13 +453,12 @@ fn has_expired(params: &RouteParameters) -> bool {
 	} else { false }
 }
 
-impl<P: Deref, R, S: Deref, L: Deref, E> EventHandler for InvoicePayer<P, R, S, L, E>
+impl<P: Deref, R, S: Deref, L: Deref, E: EventHandler> EventHandler for InvoicePayer<P, R, S, L, E>
 where
 	P::Target: Payer,
 	R: for <'a> Router<<<S as Deref>::Target as LockableScore<'a>>::Locked>,
 	S::Target: for <'a> LockableScore<'a>,
 	L::Target: Logger,
-	E: EventHandler,
 {
 	fn handle_event(&self, event: &Event) {
 		match event {
diff --git a/lightning/src/routing/network_graph.rs b/lightning/src/routing/network_graph.rs
index 8f3c44b80a7..ae597d30364 100644
--- a/lightning/src/routing/network_graph.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/routing/network_graph.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ where C::Target: chain::Access, L::Target: Logger
 
 	/// Gets a reference to the underlying [`NetworkGraph`] which was provided in
 	/// [`NetGraphMsgHandler::new`].
+	///
+	/// (C-not exported) as bindings don't support a reference-to-a-reference yet
 	pub fn network_graph(&self) -> &G {
 		&self.network_graph
 	}
diff --git a/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs b/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
index 2b2839d69db..20a8afcabcf 100644
--- a/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/routing/scoring.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ impl<'a, T: Score + 'a> LockableScore<'a> for MultiThreadedLockableScore<T> {
 	}
 }
 
+#[cfg(c_bindings)]
+impl<T: Score> MultiThreadedLockableScore<T> {
+	/// Creates a new [`MultiThreadedLockableScore`] given an underlying [`Score`].
+	pub fn new(score: T) -> Self {
+		MultiThreadedLockableScore { score: Mutex::new(score) }
+	}
+}
+
 #[cfg(c_bindings)]
 /// (C-not exported)
 impl<'a, T: Writeable> Writeable for RefMut<'a, T> {