diff --git a/apkdmverity/src/main.rs b/apkdmverity/src/main.rs
index a69b583..6e12e38 100644
--- a/apkdmverity/src/main.rs
+++ b/apkdmverity/src/main.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     }
 
     fn create_block_aligned_file(path: &Path, data: &[u8]) {
-        let mut f = File::create(&path).unwrap();
+        let mut f = File::create(path).unwrap();
         f.write_all(data).unwrap();
 
         // Add padding so that the size of the file is multiple of 4096.
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()?;
diff --git a/libs/devicemapper/src/lib.rs b/libs/devicemapper/src/lib.rs
index b9fb5c3..ebe71e4 100644
--- a/libs/devicemapper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libs/devicemapper/src/lib.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
         dm_dev_suspend(self, &mut data).context("failed to activate")?;
 
         // Step 4: wait unti the device is created and return the device path
-        let path = Path::new(MAPPER_DEV_ROOT).join(&name);
+        let path = Path::new(MAPPER_DEV_ROOT).join(name);
         wait_for_path(&path)?;
         Ok(path)
     }
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@
     }
 
     fn write_to_dev(path: &Path, data: &[u8]) {
-        let mut f = OpenOptions::new().read(true).write(true).open(&path).unwrap();
+        let mut f = OpenOptions::new().read(true).write(true).open(path).unwrap();
         f.write_all(data).unwrap();
     }
 
     fn delete_device(dm: &DeviceMapper, name: &str) -> Result<()> {
         dm.delete_device_deferred(name)?;
-        wait_for_path_disappears(Path::new(MAPPER_DEV_ROOT).join(&name))?;
+        wait_for_path_disappears(Path::new(MAPPER_DEV_ROOT).join(name))?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs b/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs
index 340fc68..a8f68bc 100644
--- a/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/virtualizationservice/src/aidl.rs
@@ -500,8 +500,7 @@
 }
 
 fn prepare_ramdump_file(ramdump_path: &Path) -> Result<File> {
-    File::create(&ramdump_path)
-        .context(format!("Failed to create ramdump file {:?}", &ramdump_path))
+    File::create(ramdump_path).context(format!("Failed to create ramdump file {:?}", &ramdump_path))
 }
 
 /// Given the configuration for a disk image, assembles the `DiskFile` to pass to crosvm.
diff --git a/virtualizationservice/src/composite.rs b/virtualizationservice/src/composite.rs
index c9a68ac..fe17ff4 100644
--- a/virtualizationservice/src/composite.rs
+++ b/virtualizationservice/src/composite.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         OpenOptions::new().create_new(true).read(true).write(true).open(footer_path).with_context(
             || format!("Failed to create composite image header {:?}", footer_path),
         )?;
-    let zero_filler_file = File::open(&zero_filler_path).with_context(|| {
+    let zero_filler_file = File::open(zero_filler_path).with_context(|| {
         format!("Failed to open composite image zero filler {:?}", zero_filler_path)
     })?;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     )?;
 
     // Re-open the composite image as read-only.
-    let composite_image = File::open(&output_path)
+    let composite_image = File::open(output_path)
         .with_context(|| format!("Failed to open composite image {:?}", output_path))?;
 
     files.push(header_file);