diff --git a/src/meta/date.rs b/src/meta/date.rs
index 2e43ef804..5675eacfc 100644
--- a/src/meta/date.rs
+++ b/src/meta/date.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ mod test {
         Command::new("touch")
             .arg("-t")
             .arg(date.format("%Y%m%d%H%M.%S").to_string())
-            .arg(&path)
+            .arg(path)
             .status()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/meta/inode.rs b/src/meta/inode.rs
index 7aac80594..c7d2dae47 100644
--- a/src/meta/inode.rs
+++ b/src/meta/inode.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mod tests {
     use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
 
     fn cross_platform_touch(path: &Path) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
-        Command::new("touch").arg(&path).status()
+        Command::new("touch").arg(path).status()
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/meta/links.rs b/src/meta/links.rs
index 237292874..6ee86129b 100644
--- a/src/meta/links.rs
+++ b/src/meta/links.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mod tests {
     use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
 
     fn cross_platform_touch(path: &Path) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
-        Command::new("touch").arg(&path).status()
+        Command::new("touch").arg(path).status()
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/meta/locale.rs b/src/meta/locale.rs
index 35edad6da..71bb6c01b 100644
--- a/src/meta/locale.rs
+++ b/src/meta/locale.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ use chrono::Locale;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use sys_locale::get_locale;
 
+fn locale_str() -> String {
+    get_locale().unwrap_or_default().replace('-', "_")
+}
+
 /// Finds current locale
 pub fn current_locale() -> Locale {
     const DEFAULT: Locale = Locale::en_US;
     static CACHE: OnceCell<Locale> = OnceCell::new();
 
-    fn locale_str() -> String {
-        get_locale().unwrap_or("".to_string()).replace('-', "_")
-    }
-
-    *CACHE
-        .get_or_init(|| Locale::try_from(locale_str().as_str()).unwrap_or(DEFAULT))
+    *CACHE.get_or_init(|| Locale::try_from(locale_str().as_str()).unwrap_or(DEFAULT))
 }
diff --git a/src/meta/mod.rs b/src/meta/mod.rs
index c158858af..697cecb5c 100644
--- a/src/meta/mod.rs
+++ b/src/meta/mod.rs
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ mod tests {
         let path_c = tmp_dir.path().join("ccc.cc");
 
         #[cfg(unix)]
-        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&path_c, &path_b).expect("failed to create broken symlink");
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(path_c, &path_b).expect("failed to create broken symlink");
 
         // this needs to be tested on Windows
         // likely to fail because of permission issue
diff --git a/src/meta/name.rs b/src/meta/name.rs
index c8472d823..07cc4c7ae 100644
--- a/src/meta/name.rs
+++ b/src/meta/name.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl Name {
                 // HyperlinkOption::Auto gets converted to None or Always in core.rs based on tty_available
                 match std::fs::canonicalize(&self.path) {
                     Ok(rp) => {
-                        if let Ok(url) = Url::from_file_path(&rp) {
+                        if let Ok(url) = Url::from_file_path(rp) {
                             // Crossterm does not support hyperlinks as of now
                             // https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda
                             format!("\x1B]8;;{}\x1B\x5C{}\x1B]8;;\x1B\x5C", url, name)
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ mod test {
         let colors = Colors::new(color::ThemeOption::NoColor);
 
         let real_path = std::fs::canonicalize(&file_path).expect("canonicalize");
-        let expected_url = Url::from_file_path(&real_path).expect("absolute path");
+        let expected_url = Url::from_file_path(real_path).expect("absolute path");
         let expected_text = format!(
             "\x1B]8;;{}\x1B\x5C{}\x1B]8;;\x1B\x5C",
             expected_url, "file.txt"
diff --git a/src/meta/symlink.rs b/src/meta/symlink.rs
index f7b296b5f..c46432eeb 100644
--- a/src/meta/symlink.rs
+++ b/src/meta/symlink.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct SymLink {
 impl From<&Path> for SymLink {
     fn from(path: &Path) -> Self {
         if let Ok(target) = read_link(path) {
-            if target.is_absolute() || path.parent() == None {
+            if target.is_absolute() || path.parent().is_none() {
                 return Self {
                     valid: target.exists(),
                     target: Some(
diff --git a/src/sort.rs b/src/sort.rs
index 6fb39cb60..87092830f 100644
--- a/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/sort.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ mod tests {
         let path_d = tmp_dir.path().join("ddd.dd");
 
         #[cfg(unix)]
-        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(&path_d, &path_c).expect("failed to create broken symlink");
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(path_d, &path_c).expect("failed to create broken symlink");
 
         // this needs to be tested on Windows
         // likely to fail because of permission issue
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index c2d9cca5c..a43ce3565 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ fn test_dereference_link_broken_link_output() {
     let target = dir.path().join("target");
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
-    fs::symlink(&target, &link).unwrap();
+    fs::symlink(target, &link).unwrap();
 
     // this needs to be tested on Windows
     // likely to fail because of permission issue
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ fn test_show_folder_of_symlink_for_long_multi() {
     let dir = tempdir();
     dir.child("target").child("inside").touch().unwrap();
     let link = dir.path().join("link");
-    fs::symlink("target", &link).unwrap();
+    fs::symlink("target", link).unwrap();
 
     cmd()
         .arg("-l")
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ fn test_tree_no_dereference() {
     tmp.child("one.d").create_dir_all().unwrap();
     tmp.child("one.d/samplefile").touch().unwrap();
     let link = tmp.path().join("link");
-    fs::symlink("one.d", &link).unwrap();
+    fs::symlink("one.d", link).unwrap();
 
     cmd()
         .arg("--tree")
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ fn test_tree_dereference() {
     tmp.child("one.d").create_dir_all().unwrap();
     tmp.child("one.d/samplefile").touch().unwrap();
     let link = tmp.path().join("link");
-    fs::symlink("one.d", &link).unwrap();
+    fs::symlink("one.d", link).unwrap();
 
     cmd()
         .arg("--ignore-config")