diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/utils/path.rs b/lychee-lib/src/utils/path.rs
index 3d86259157..daa4f7fde6 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/utils/path.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/utils/path.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve(
         relative if dst.is_relative() => {
             // Find `dst` in the parent directory of `src`
             let Some(parent) = src.parent() else {
-                return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidFile(relative.to_path_buf()));
+                return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidFile(relative.clone()));
             };
             parent.join(relative)
         }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve(
             }
             PathBuf::from(absolute)
         }
-        _ => return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidFile(dst.to_path_buf())),
+        _ => return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidFile(dst.clone())),
     };
     Ok(Some(absolute_path(resolved)))
 }
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/utils/request.rs b/lychee-lib/src/utils/request.rs
index d5e002f162..8089eddf80 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/utils/request.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/utils/request.rs
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ pub(crate) fn create(
     base: &Option<Base>,
     extractor: &Option<BasicAuthExtractor>,
 ) -> HashSet<Request> {
-    let base = base.clone().or_else(|| Base::from_source(&source));
+    let base = base.clone().or_else(|| Base::from_source(source));
 
     uris.into_iter()
         .filter_map(|raw_uri| {
-            match create_request(&raw_uri, &source, &root_path, &base, extractor) {
+            match create_request(&raw_uri, source, root_path, &base, extractor) {
                 Ok(request) => Some(request),
                 Err(e) => {
                     warn!("Error creating request: {:?}", e);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ fn prepend_root_path_if_absolute_local_link(text: &str, root_path: &Option<PathB
     if text.starts_with('/') {
         if let Some(path) = root_path {
             if let Some(path_str) = path.to_str() {
-                return format!("{}{}", path_str, text);
+                return format!("{path_str}{text}");
             }
         }
     }