diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ab2a6a6..fafea35 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ impl<'a> From<NomErr<nom::error::Error<LocatedSpan<&'a str>>>> for Token<'a> {
 	}
 }
 
-pub static DEFAULT_NS: &'static str = "jabber:client";
-pub static SCANSION_NS: &'static str = "https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/scansion";
+pub static DEFAULT_NS: &str = "jabber:client";
+pub static SCANSION_NS: &str = "https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/scansion";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Metadata {
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ fn allspaces(s: Span) -> IResult<Span, Token> {
 	let (s, (pos, _, comments)) = tuple((position, multispace0, opt(comment)))(s)?;
 
 	let mut s = s;
+	#[allow(clippy::redundant_pattern_matching)]
 	if let Some(_) = comments {
 		let (j, _) = multispace0(s)?;
 		s = j;
@@ -312,8 +313,7 @@ fn parse_send_receive<'a>(tagname: &str, name: String, s: Span<'a>) -> IResult<S
 	let mut prefixes = BTreeMap::new();
 	prefixes.insert(None, String::from(DEFAULT_NS));
 	prefixes.insert(Some(String::from("scansion")), String::from(SCANSION_NS));
-	let elem: Element =
-		Element::from_reader_with_prefixes(&lines.as_bytes()[..], prefixes).unwrap();
+	let elem: Element = Element::from_reader_with_prefixes(lines.as_bytes(), prefixes).unwrap();
 	Ok(match tagname {
 		"sends:" => (s, Action::Send(name, elem)),
 		"receives:" => (s, Action::Receive(name, elem)),