diff --git a/server/src/admin/mksnap.rs b/server/src/admin/mksnap.rs
index 00d9542e..8b6ffa49 100644
--- a/server/src/admin/mksnap.rs
+++ b/server/src/admin/mksnap.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ where
             // if snapshots are enabled or not with `is_snapshot_enabled`
             snaphandle.snapcfg.as_ref().unsafe_unwrap()
         };
-        let snapengine = SnapshotEngine::new(snapstatus.max, &handle, None);
+        let snapengine = SnapshotEngine::new(snapstatus.max, handle, None);
         if snapengine.is_err() {
             was_engine_error = true;
         } else if snapstatus.is_busy() {
diff --git a/server/src/coredb/htable.rs b/server/src/coredb/htable.rs
index 27d4e1ae..72715257 100644
--- a/server/src/coredb/htable.rs
+++ b/server/src/coredb/htable.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl Deref for Data {
 
 impl Borrow<[u8]> for Data {
     fn borrow(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.blob.borrow()
+        self.blob.borrow()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/coredb/memstore.rs b/server/src/coredb/memstore.rs
index 3eb3d5fe..c670df10 100644
--- a/server/src/coredb/memstore.rs
+++ b/server/src/coredb/memstore.rs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl Namespace {
                     .true_remove_if(&keyspace_idenitifer, |_ks_id, ks_atomic_ref| {
                         // 1 because this should just be us, the one instance
                         // also the keyspace must be empty
-                        ks_atomic_ref.tables.len() == 0 && Arc::strong_count(&ks_atomic_ref) == 1
+                        ks_atomic_ref.tables.len() == 0 && Arc::strong_count(ks_atomic_ref) == 1
                     });
             if did_remove {
                 Ok(())
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ impl Keyspace {
                 self.tables
                     .true_remove_if(&table_identifier, |_table_id, table_atomic_ref| {
                         // 1 because this should just be us, the one instance
-                        Arc::strong_count(&table_atomic_ref) == 1
+                        Arc::strong_count(table_atomic_ref) == 1
                     });
             if did_remove {
                 Ok(())
diff --git a/server/src/coredb/mod.rs b/server/src/coredb/mod.rs
index bd7ca946..b8d5572b 100644
--- a/server/src/coredb/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/coredb/mod.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ impl CoreDB {
         match query {
             Query::SimpleQuery(q) => {
                 con.write_simple_query_header().await?;
-                queryengine::execute_simple(&self, con, q).await?;
+                queryengine::execute_simple(self, con, q).await?;
                 con.flush_stream().await?;
             }
             // TODO(@ohsayan): Pipeline commands haven't been implemented yet
diff --git a/server/src/dbnet/connection.rs b/server/src/dbnet/connection.rs
index 6da6657c..56318bf4 100644
--- a/server/src/dbnet/connection.rs
+++ b/server/src/dbnet/connection.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ where
         if self.get_buffer().is_empty() {
             return Err(ParseError::Empty);
         }
-        protocol::Parser::new(&self.get_buffer()).parse()
+        protocol::Parser::new(self.get_buffer()).parse()
     }
     /// Read a query from the remote end
     ///
diff --git a/server/src/diskstore/snapshot.rs b/server/src/diskstore/snapshot.rs
index c98d7101..33eaae70 100644
--- a/server/src/diskstore/snapshot.rs
+++ b/server/src/diskstore/snapshot.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl<'a> SnapshotEngine<'a> {
                                 "The snapshot file names have invalid characters. This should not happen! Please report an error")
                             );
                             };
-                            if SNAP_MATCH.is_match(&file_name) {
+                            if SNAP_MATCH.is_match(file_name) {
                                 // Good, the file name matched the format we were expecting
                                 // This is a valid snapshot, add it to our `Vec` of snaps
                                 snaps.push(path);
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ fn test_snapshot() {
         crate::coredb::Data::from(String::from("ohhey")),
         crate::coredb::Data::from_string(String::from("heya!")),
     );
-    let mut snapengine = SnapshotEngine::new(4, &db, Some(&ourdir)).unwrap();
+    let mut snapengine = SnapshotEngine::new(4, &db, Some(ourdir)).unwrap();
     let _ = snapengine.mksnap_test();
     let current = snapengine.get_snapshots().next().unwrap();
     let read_hmap = diskstore::test_deserialize(fs::read(PathBuf::from(current)).unwrap()).unwrap();
diff --git a/server/src/storage/mod.rs b/server/src/storage/mod.rs
index 8323e428..15c435da 100644
--- a/server/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/server/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ fn test_ser_de_few_elements() {
     assert!(de.len() == cmap.len());
     assert!(de
         .iter()
-        .all(|kv| cmap.get(kv.key()).unwrap().eq(&kv.value())));
+        .all(|kv| cmap.get(kv.key()).unwrap().eq(kv.value())));
 }
 
 cfg_test!(
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ cfg_test!(
         let de = deserialize(ser).unwrap();
         assert!(de
             .iter()
-            .all(|kv| cmap.get(kv.key()).unwrap().eq(&kv.value())));
+            .all(|kv| cmap.get(kv.key()).unwrap().eq(kv.value())));
         assert!(de.len() == cmap.len());
     }