diff --git a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs
index c871e9ca8d..29a9353621 100644
--- a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs
+++ b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/client.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn init_tracer() -> sdktrace::TracerProvider {
 
 struct MetadataMap<'a>(&'a mut tonic::metadata::MetadataMap);
 
-impl<'a> Injector for MetadataMap<'a> {
+impl Injector for MetadataMap<'_> {
     /// Set a key and value in the MetadataMap.  Does nothing if the key or value are not valid inputs
     fn set(&mut self, key: &str, value: String) {
         if let Ok(key) = tonic::metadata::MetadataKey::from_bytes(key.as_bytes()) {
diff --git a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs
index aadb77b6e6..24a9e09481 100644
--- a/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs
+++ b/examples/tracing-grpc/src/server.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub mod hello_world {
 
 struct MetadataMap<'a>(&'a tonic::metadata::MetadataMap);
 
-impl<'a> Extractor for MetadataMap<'a> {
+impl Extractor for MetadataMap<'_> {
     /// Get a value for a key from the MetadataMap.  If the value can't be converted to &str, returns None
     fn get(&self, key: &str) -> Option<&str> {
         self.0.get(key).and_then(|metadata| metadata.to_str().ok())
diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-log/src/lib.rs b/opentelemetry-appender-log/src/lib.rs
index b792aa220e..3f6bcb6acf 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-log/src/lib.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ mod any_value {
     pub(crate) fn serialize(value: log::kv::Value) -> Option<AnyValue> {
         struct ValueVisitor(Option<AnyValue>);
 
-        impl<'kvs> log::kv::VisitValue<'kvs> for ValueVisitor {
+        impl log::kv::VisitValue<'_> for ValueVisitor {
             fn visit_any(&mut self, value: log::kv::Value) -> Result<(), log::kv::Error> {
                 self.0 = Some(AnyValue::String(StringValue::from(value.to_string())));
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/lib.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/lib.rs
index 3b6903633e..b74fedd242 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use ctor::dtor;
 
 pub mod images;
 pub mod logs_asserter;
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs
index ead933a71f..75f389788f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 use crate::images::Collector;
-use ctor::dtor;
-use std::fs;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, OnceLock};
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/logs.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/logs.rs
index 54e5bb9c41..11d3825ed2 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/logs.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/logs.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ use log::{info, Level};
 use opentelemetry::KeyValue;
 use opentelemetry_appender_log::OpenTelemetryLogBridge;
 use opentelemetry_otlp::LogExporter;
-use opentelemetry_sdk::logs::{LogError, LoggerProvider};
+use opentelemetry_sdk::logs::LoggerProvider;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::{logs as sdklogs, runtime, Resource};
-use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::time::Duration;
diff --git a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs
index 98aebab7eb..a334de7146 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-otlp/tests/integration_test/tests/traces.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use ctor::dtor;
 use integration_test_runner::test_utils;
 use opentelemetry_proto::tonic::trace::v1::TracesData;
 use opentelemetry_sdk::{runtime, trace as sdktrace, Resource};
-use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn assert_traces_results(result: &str, expected: &str) -> Result<()> {
 
 #[test]
 #[should_panic(expected = "left: \"Sub operation...\"")] // we swap the parent spans with child spans in failed_traces.json
-pub fn test_assert_span_eq_failure() -> () {
+pub fn test_assert_span_eq_failure() {
     let left = read_spans_from_json(File::open("./expected/traces.json").unwrap()).unwrap();
     let right = read_spans_from_json(File::open("./expected/failed_traces.json").unwrap()).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/stress/src/throughput.rs b/stress/src/throughput.rs
index 8116f904ee..131762fab7 100644
--- a/stress/src/throughput.rs
+++ b/stress/src/throughput.rs
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ struct UnsafeSlice<'a> {
     slice: &'a [UnsafeCell<WorkerStats>],
 }
 
-unsafe impl<'a> Send for UnsafeSlice<'a> {}
-unsafe impl<'a> Sync for UnsafeSlice<'a> {}
+unsafe impl Send for UnsafeSlice<'_> {}
+unsafe impl Sync for UnsafeSlice<'_> {}
 
 impl<'a> UnsafeSlice<'a> {
     fn new(slice: &'a mut [WorkerStats]) -> Self {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl<'a> UnsafeSlice<'a> {
     #[inline(always)]
     unsafe fn increment(&self, i: usize) {
         let value = self.slice[i].get();
-        (*value).count = (*value).count + 1;
+        (*value).count += 1;
     }
 
     #[inline(always)]