diff --git a/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs b/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
index f195efb376d..60cc59bc1a0 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ fn extract_target_from_package(package: &Value) -> Option<Vec<Target>> {
     let jtargets = get_json_array_with(package, "targets")?;
     let mut targets: Vec<Target> = vec![];
     for jtarget in jtargets {
-        targets.push(Target::from_json(&jtarget)?);
+        targets.push(Target::from_json(jtarget)?);
     }
     Some(targets)
 }
diff --git a/src/expr.rs b/src/expr.rs
index 6a6e982912a..d815bbe8dd7 100644
--- a/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr.rs
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ fn rewrite_closure(
         };
         if no_return_type && !needs_block {
             // block.stmts.len() == 1
-            if let Some(ref expr) = stmt_expr(&block.stmts[0]) {
+            if let Some(expr) = stmt_expr(&block.stmts[0]) {
                 if let Some(rw) = if is_block_closure_forced(expr) {
                     rewrite_closure_with_block(context, shape, &prefix, expr)
                 } else {