diff --git a/minidom/src/element.rs b/minidom/src/element.rs
index 0bb6c0b7..9d690631 100644
--- a/minidom/src/element.rs
+++ b/minidom/src/element.rs
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ impl Element {
                 },
                 None => RxmlNamespace::NONE,
             };
-            writer.write(Item::Attribute(&namespace, name, (&**value).into()))?;
+            writer.write(Item::Attribute(&namespace, name, value))?;
         }
 
         if !self.children.is_empty() {
diff --git a/minidom/src/node.rs b/minidom/src/node.rs
index 5ef5dc24..2e1e9a54 100644
--- a/minidom/src/node.rs
+++ b/minidom/src/node.rs
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ impl Node {
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub(crate) fn write_to_inner<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut ItemWriter<W>) -> Result<()> {
-        match *self {
-            Node::Element(ref elmt) => elmt.write_to_inner(writer)?,
-            Node::Text(ref s) => {
-                writer.write(Item::Text((&**s).into()))?;
+        match self {
+            Node::Element(elmt) => elmt.write_to_inner(writer)?,
+            Node::Text(s) => {
+                writer.write(Item::Text(s))?;
             }
         }