diff --git a/compos/src/artifact_signer.rs b/compos/src/artifact_signer.rs
index e51b8dd..d3843fc 100644
--- a/compos/src/artifact_signer.rs
+++ b/compos/src/artifact_signer.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     pub fn add_artifact(&mut self, path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         // The path we store is where the file will be when it is verified, not where it is now.
         let suffix = path
-            .strip_prefix(&self.base_directory)
+            .strip_prefix(self.base_directory)
             .context("Artifacts must be under base directory")?;
         let target_path = Path::new(TARGET_DIRECTORY).join(suffix);
         let target_path = target_path.to_str().ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Invalid path"))?;
diff --git a/compos/src/compsvc.rs b/compos/src/compsvc.rs
index 4330bbf..0e8b9f5 100644
--- a/compos/src/compsvc.rs
+++ b/compos/src/compsvc.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 fn add_artifacts(target_dir: &Path, artifact_signer: &mut ArtifactSigner) -> Result<()> {
     for entry in
-        read_dir(&target_dir).with_context(|| format!("Traversing {}", target_dir.display()))?
+        read_dir(target_dir).with_context(|| format!("Traversing {}", target_dir.display()))?
     {
         let entry = entry?;
         let file_type = entry.file_type()?;