diff --git a/helix-loader/src/config.rs b/helix-loader/src/config.rs
index a4c6dcbde..0f329d217 100644
--- a/helix-loader/src/config.rs
+++ b/helix-loader/src/config.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub fn user_lang_config() -> Result<toml::Value, toml::de::Error> {
         .chain([crate::config_dir()].into_iter())
         .map(|path| path.join("languages.toml"))
         .filter_map(|file| {
-            std::fs::read_to_string(&file)
+            std::fs::read_to_string(file)
                 .map(|config| toml::from_str(&config))
                 .ok()
         })
diff --git a/helix-loader/src/grammar.rs b/helix-loader/src/grammar.rs
index 2aa924755..01c966c8c 100644
--- a/helix-loader/src/grammar.rs
+++ b/helix-loader/src/grammar.rs
@@ -515,5 +515,5 @@ pub fn load_runtime_file(language: &str, filename: &str) -> Result<String, std::
         .join("queries")
         .join(language)
         .join(filename);
-    std::fs::read_to_string(&path)
+    std::fs::read_to_string(path)
 }
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs
index e92578c5a..da00aa89f 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub fn new(
         Self {
             options,
             editor_data,
-            matcher: Box::new(Matcher::default()),
+            matcher: Box::default(),
             matches,
             cursor: None,
             widths: Vec::new(),
diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
index ccf37eb2b..6bd642517 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/picker.rs
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ pub fn new(
         let mut picker = Self {
             options,
             editor_data,
-            matcher: Box::new(Matcher::default()),
+            matcher: Box::default(),
             matches: Vec::new(),
             cursor: 0,
             prompt,
diff --git a/helix-tui/src/buffer.rs b/helix-tui/src/buffer.rs
index 9b93c4050..b1fd44787 100644
--- a/helix-tui/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/helix-tui/src/buffer.rs
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ pub fn set_string_truncated_at_end(
         (x_offset as u16, y)
     }
 
-    pub fn set_spans<'a>(&mut self, x: u16, y: u16, spans: &Spans<'a>, width: u16) -> (u16, u16) {
+    pub fn set_spans(&mut self, x: u16, y: u16, spans: &Spans, width: u16) -> (u16, u16) {
         let mut remaining_width = width;
         let mut x = x;
         for span in &spans.0 {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ pub fn set_spans<'a>(&mut self, x: u16, y: u16, spans: &Spans<'a>, width: u16) -
         (x, y)
     }
 
-    pub fn set_span<'a>(&mut self, x: u16, y: u16, span: &Span<'a>, width: u16) -> (u16, u16) {
+    pub fn set_span(&mut self, x: u16, y: u16, span: &Span, width: u16) -> (u16, u16) {
         self.set_stringn(x, y, span.content.as_ref(), width as usize, span.style)
     }
 
@@ -521,10 +521,10 @@ pub fn clear_with(&mut self, area: Rect, style: Style) {
     pub fn merge(&mut self, other: &Buffer) {
         let area = self.area.union(other.area);
         let cell: Cell = Default::default();
-        self.content.resize(area.area() as usize, cell.clone());
+        self.content.resize(area.area(), cell.clone());
 
         // Move original content to the appropriate space
-        let size = self.area.area() as usize;
+        let size = self.area.area();
         for i in (0..size).rev() {
             let (x, y) = self.pos_of(i);
             // New index in content
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ pub fn merge(&mut self, other: &Buffer) {
 
         // Push content of the other buffer into this one (may erase previous
         // data)
-        let size = other.area.area() as usize;
+        let size = other.area.area();
         for i in 0..size {
             let (x, y) = other.pos_of(i);
             // New index in content
diff --git a/helix-view/src/theme.rs b/helix-view/src/theme.rs
index 43d4a7a71..8fb15a101 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/theme.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/theme.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ fn merge_themes(&self, parent_theme_toml: Value, theme_toml: Value) -> Value {
 
     // Loads the theme data as `toml::Value` first from the user_dir then in default_dir
     fn load_toml(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<Value> {
-        let data = std::fs::read_to_string(&path)?;
+        let data = std::fs::read_to_string(path)?;
         let value = toml::from_str(&data)?;
 
         Ok(value)