diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/column.rs b/datafusion/common/src/column.rs
index 911ff079def1..3e2bc0ad7c3a 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/column.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/column.rs
@@ -109,21 +109,21 @@ impl Column {
     /// `foo.BAR` would be parsed to a reference to relation `foo`, column name `bar` (lower case)
     /// where `"foo.BAR"` would be parsed to a reference to column named `foo.BAR`
     pub fn from_qualified_name(flat_name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
-        let flat_name: &str = &flat_name.into();
-        Self::from_idents(&mut parse_identifiers_normalized(flat_name, false))
+        let flat_name = flat_name.into();
+        Self::from_idents(&mut parse_identifiers_normalized(&flat_name, false))
             .unwrap_or_else(|| Self {
                 relation: None,
-                name: flat_name.to_owned(),
+                name: flat_name,
             })
     }
 
     /// Deserialize a fully qualified name string into a column preserving column text case
     pub fn from_qualified_name_ignore_case(flat_name: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
-        let flat_name: &str = &flat_name.into();
-        Self::from_idents(&mut parse_identifiers_normalized(flat_name, true))
+        let flat_name = flat_name.into();
+        Self::from_idents(&mut parse_identifiers_normalized(&flat_name, true))
             .unwrap_or_else(|| Self {
                 relation: None,
-                name: flat_name.to_owned(),
+                name: flat_name,
             })
     }