diff --git a/src/files.rs b/src/files.rs
index 2173bf6..d89c54c 100644
--- a/src/files.rs
+++ b/src/files.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
@@ -284,11 +283,11 @@ pub fn mime_type<T: MimeDb>(db: &T, path: &Path) -> io::Result<Option<Mime>> {
 			// another is ZIP - many file formats (DOCX, ODT, JAR...) are just ZIP files with particular data structures.
 			// determining that a file is in one of the MS office formats in particular requires looking quite far into the
 			// file.
-			&& mime != APPLICATION_ZIP.deref()
+			&& mime != &*APPLICATION_ZIP
 			// doc/ppt/xls files are a subset of what's known as an "OLE2 compound document storage", at least according to
 			// shared-mime-info. if a pre-OOXML era MS office file is scanned and identified as x-ole-storage, reading further
 			// will allow it to be detected correctly as the appropriate filetype.
-			&& mime != APPLICATION_X_OLE_STORAGE.deref());
+			&& mime != &*APPLICATION_X_OLE_STORAGE);
 
 	if r.is_some() {
 		return Ok(r);
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index da39d42..3b77b09 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use clap::Clap;
@@ -60,10 +59,10 @@ fn recommend_ext() {
 		&IMAGE_JPEG => "jpg",
 		&IMAGE_PNG => "png",
 		&APPLICATION_PDF => "pdf",
-		APPLICATION_ZIP.deref() => "zip",
+		&*APPLICATION_ZIP => "zip",
 	];
 
-	for (mime, ext) in tests.into_iter() {
+	for (mime, ext) in tests {
 		assert!(
 			mime_extension_lookup(mime.essence_str().into())
 				.unwrap()
@@ -446,7 +445,7 @@ fn writables_is_correct() {
 	assert_eq!(
 		&["henlo".into(), Path::new("henlo").into(), Writable::Newline, Writable::Newline],
 		writablesln!["henlo", (Path::new("henlo")), Newline]
-	)
+	);
 }
 
 #[test]