diff --git a/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/database_pg_pool.rs b/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/database_pg_pool.rs
index 28dc31b92826..f86c002845a6 100644
--- a/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/database_pg_pool.rs
+++ b/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/database_pg_pool.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{io, str::FromStr};
+use std::io;
 
 use axum::{
     async_trait,
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ pub async fn create_pool(
     database_url: String,
     max_pool_size: u32,
 ) -> deadpool_postgres::Pool {
-    let pg_config =
-        tokio_postgres::Config::from_str(&database_url).expect("invalid database url");
+    let pg_config: tokio_postgres::Config =
+        database_url.parse().expect("invalid database url");
 
     let mgr_config = ManagerConfig {
         recycling_method: RecyclingMethod::Fast,
diff --git a/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/utils.rs b/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/utils.rs
index ebb0a25b4ea5..a8f0b005d0e6 100644
--- a/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/utils.rs
+++ b/frameworks/Rust/axum/src/utils.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ pub fn get_environment_variable<T: FromStr>(key: &str) -> T
 where
     <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug,
 {
-    T::from_str(
-        &env::var(key)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("{} environment variable was not set", key)),
-    )
-    .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("could not parse {}", key))
+    env::var(key)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("{} environment variable was not set", key))
+        .parse::<T>()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("could not parse {}", key))
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]