diff --git a/nix-rust/src/lib.rs b/nix-rust/src/lib.rs
index 27ea69fbd..101de106f 100644
--- a/nix-rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nix-rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#[allow(improper_ctypes_definitions)]
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 mod c;
 mod error;
diff --git a/nix-rust/src/store/path.rs b/nix-rust/src/store/path.rs
index 47b5975c0..99f7a1f18 100644
--- a/nix-rust/src/store/path.rs
+++ b/nix-rust/src/store/path.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ impl StorePath {
         }
         Self::new_from_base_name(
             path.file_name()
-                .ok_or(Error::BadStorePath(path.into()))?
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::BadStorePath(path.into()))?
                 .to_str()
-                .ok_or(Error::BadStorePath(path.into()))?,
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::BadStorePath(path.into()))?,
         )
     }
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl StorePath {
 
     pub fn new_from_base_name(base_name: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         if base_name.len() < STORE_PATH_HASH_CHARS + 1
-            || base_name.as_bytes()[STORE_PATH_HASH_CHARS] != '-' as u8
+            || base_name.as_bytes()[STORE_PATH_HASH_CHARS] != b'-'
         {
             return Err(Error::BadStorePath(base_name.into()));
         }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl StorePathHash {
         Ok(Self(bytes))
     }
 
-    pub fn hash<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a [u8; STORE_PATH_HASH_BYTES] {
+    pub fn hash(&self) -> &[u8; STORE_PATH_HASH_BYTES] {
         &self.0
     }
 }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub struct StorePathName(String);
 
 impl StorePathName {
     pub fn new(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-        if s.len() == 0 {
+        if s.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::StorePathNameEmpty);
         }
 
@@ -106,25 +106,24 @@ impl StorePathName {
             return Err(Error::StorePathNameTooLong);
         }
 
-        if s.starts_with('.')
-            || !s.chars().all(|c| {
-                c.is_ascii_alphabetic()
-                    || c.is_ascii_digit()
-                    || c == '+'
-                    || c == '-'
-                    || c == '.'
-                    || c == '_'
-                    || c == '?'
-                    || c == '='
-            })
-        {
+        let is_good_path_name = s.chars().all(|c| {
+            c.is_ascii_alphabetic()
+                || c.is_ascii_digit()
+                || c == '+'
+                || c == '-'
+                || c == '.'
+                || c == '_'
+                || c == '?'
+                || c == '='
+        });
+        if s.starts_with('.') || !is_good_path_name {
             return Err(Error::BadStorePathName);
         }
 
         Ok(Self(s.to_string()))
     }
 
-    pub fn name<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a str {
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
         &self.0
     }
 }
diff --git a/nix-rust/src/util/base32.rs b/nix-rust/src/util/base32.rs
index efd4a2901..7e71dc920 100644
--- a/nix-rust/src/util/base32.rs
+++ b/nix-rust/src/util/base32.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn decoded_len(input_len: usize) -> usize {
     input_len * 5 / 8
 }
 
-static BASE32_CHARS: &'static [u8; 32] = &b"0123456789abcdfghijklmnpqrsvwxyz";
+static BASE32_CHARS: &[u8; 32] = &b"0123456789abcdfghijklmnpqrsvwxyz";
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref BASE32_CHARS_REVERSE: Box<[u8; 256]> = {