diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index bda08b653f0..ec542e55681 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
             return value;
         }
 
-        let global = self.global_string(&*symbol.as_str());
+        let global = self.global_string(symbol.as_str());
 
         self.const_cstr_cache.borrow_mut().insert(symbol, global);
         global
diff --git a/src/declare.rs b/src/declare.rs
index b79a50d1eee..dbee505a497 100644
--- a/src/declare.rs
+++ b/src/declare.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
                 global.set_tls_model(self.tls_model);
             }
             if let Some(link_section) = link_section {
-                global.set_link_section(&link_section.as_str());
+                global.set_link_section(link_section.as_str());
             }
             global
         }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
             global.set_tls_model(self.tls_model);
         }
         if let Some(link_section) = link_section {
-            global.set_link_section(&link_section.as_str());
+            global.set_link_section(link_section.as_str());
         }
         let global_address = global.get_address(None);
         self.globals.borrow_mut().insert(name.to_string(), global_address);
diff --git a/src/intrinsic/mod.rs b/src/intrinsic/mod.rs
index f3a2382ef32..0782adeb6a1 100644
--- a/src/intrinsic/mod.rs
+++ b/src/intrinsic/mod.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcc, 'tcx> IntrinsicCallMethods<'tcx> for Builder<'a, 'gcc, 'tcx> {
         let arg_tys = sig.inputs();
         let ret_ty = sig.output();
         let name = tcx.item_name(def_id);
-        let name_str = &*name.as_str();
+        let name_str = name.as_str();
 
         let llret_ty = self.layout_of(ret_ty).gcc_type(self, true);
         let result = PlaceRef::new_sized(llresult, fn_abi.ret.layout);
diff --git a/src/intrinsic/simd.rs b/src/intrinsic/simd.rs
index 26a42217e4c..aff27f71d91 100644
--- a/src/intrinsic/simd.rs
+++ b/src/intrinsic/simd.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub fn generic_simd_intrinsic<'a, 'gcc, 'tcx>(bx: &mut Builder<'a, 'gcc, 'tcx>,
     let sig =
         tcx.normalize_erasing_late_bound_regions(ty::ParamEnv::reveal_all(), callee_ty.fn_sig(tcx));
     let arg_tys = sig.inputs();
-    let name_str = &*name.as_str();
+    let name_str = name.as_str();
 
     // every intrinsic below takes a SIMD vector as its first argument
     require_simd!(arg_tys[0], "input");