diff --git a/examples/examples/futures-proxy-server.rs b/examples/examples/futures-proxy-server.rs
index 4c181a2573..b036c18a54 100644
--- a/examples/examples/futures-proxy-server.rs
+++ b/examples/examples/futures-proxy-server.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub struct Args {
     server_addr: SocketAddr,
 }
 
-#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub enum LogFormat {
     Plain,
     Json,
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs b/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs
index 81ee6ed906..7e385566c4 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ impl RecordType {
                 RecordType::Value
             }
             syn::Type::Reference(syn::TypeReference { elem, .. }) => {
-                RecordType::parse_from_ty(&*elem)
+                RecordType::parse_from_ty(elem)
             }
             _ => RecordType::Debug,
         }
diff --git a/tracing-error/src/error.rs b/tracing-error/src/error.rs
index fea7296257..f28d0c39fd 100644
--- a/tracing-error/src/error.rs
+++ b/tracing-error/src/error.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ impl ErrorImpl<Erased> {
         // uphold this is UB. since the `From` impl is parameterized over the original error type,
         // the function pointer we construct here will also retain the original type. therefore,
         // when this is consumed by the `error` method, it will be safe to call.
-        unsafe { &*(self.vtable.object_ref)(self) }
+        unsafe { (self.vtable.object_ref)(self) }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/writer.rs b/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/writer.rs
index 4aacd6d540..3fe9455664 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/writer.rs
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/src/fmt/writer.rs
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ where
 {
     type Writer = &'a W;
     fn make_writer(&'a self) -> Self::Writer {
-        &*self
+        self
     }
 }