diff --git a/serde/src/de/impls.rs b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
index f1326e11c..54a919a5a 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Duration {
             }
         }
 
-        const FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &["secs", "nanos"];
+        const FIELDS: &[&str] = &["secs", "nanos"];
         deserializer.deserialize_struct("Duration", FIELDS, DurationVisitor)
     }
 }
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for SystemTime {
             }
         }
 
-        const FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &["secs_since_epoch", "nanos_since_epoch"];
+        const FIELDS: &[&str] = &["secs_since_epoch", "nanos_since_epoch"];
         let duration = try!(deserializer.deserialize_struct("SystemTime", FIELDS, DurationVisitor));
         #[cfg(not(no_systemtime_checked_add))]
         let ret = UNIX_EPOCH
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ mod range {
 
     use de::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Error, MapAccess, SeqAccess, Visitor};
 
-    pub const FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &["start", "end"];
+    pub const FIELDS: &[&str] = &["start", "end"];
 
     // If this were outside of the serde crate, it would just use:
     //
@@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@ where
             }
         }
 
-        const VARIANTS: &'static [&'static str] = &["Unbounded", "Included", "Excluded"];
+        const VARIANTS: &[&str] = &["Unbounded", "Included", "Excluded"];
 
         deserializer.deserialize_enum("Bound", VARIANTS, BoundVisitor(PhantomData))
     }
@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@ where
             }
         }
 
-        const VARIANTS: &'static [&'static str] = &["Ok", "Err"];
+        const VARIANTS: &[&str] = &["Ok", "Err"];
 
         deserializer.deserialize_enum("Result", VARIANTS, ResultVisitor(PhantomData))
     }
diff --git a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
index a79326e5c..9e1bff793 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ impl Serialize for net::IpAddr {
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-const DEC_DIGITS_LUT: &'static [u8] = b"\
+const DEC_DIGITS_LUT: &[u8] = b"\
       0001020304050607080910111213141516171819\
       2021222324252627282930313233343536373839\
       4041424344454647484950515253545556575859\