diff --git a/src/deb/ephemeral.rs b/src/deb/ephemeral.rs
index 2efe84b..a80ad59 100644
--- a/src/deb/ephemeral.rs
+++ b/src/deb/ephemeral.rs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ impl EphemeralContextGuard {
 
 impl Drop for EphemeralContextGuard {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        log::debug!("Cleaning up ephemeral context ({:?})...", &self.chroot_path);
+        log::debug!("Cleaning up ephemeral context ({:?})...", self.chroot_path);
         // Reset to normal context
         if let Err(e) = context::manager().set_current(&self.previous_context) {
             log::error!("Failed to restore context {}: {}", self.previous_context, e);
diff --git a/src/distro_info.rs b/src/distro_info.rs
index 7663c35..75ef95f 100644
--- a/src/distro_info.rs
+++ b/src/distro_info.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ pub async fn get_n_latest_released_series(
     }
 
     // Sort by release date descending (newest first)
-    released_series.sort_by(|a, b| b.release.cmp(&a.release));
+    released_series.sort_by_key(|b| std::cmp::Reverse(b.release));
 
     Ok(released_series
         .iter()
diff --git a/src/pull.rs b/src/pull.rs
index d2bd3c7..932f5aa 100644
--- a/src/pull.rs
+++ b/src/pull.rs
@@ -227,12 +227,12 @@ async fn download_file_checksum(
     // Download with reqwest
     let response = reqwest::get(url).await?;
     if !response.status().is_success() {
-        return Err(format!("Failed to download '{}' : {}", &url, response.status()).into());
+        return Err(format!("Failed to download '{}' : {}", url, response.status()).into());
     }
 
     let total_size = response
         .content_length()
-        .ok_or(format!("Failed to get content length from '{}'", &url))?;
+        .ok_or(format!("Failed to get content length from '{}'", url))?;
     let mut index = 0;
 
     // Target file: extract file name from URL
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ async fn fetch_orig_tarball(
         // or the current directory if cwd is None (which effectively is the parent of the package dir)
         let target_dir = cwd.unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("."));
         download_file_checksum(
-            format!("{}/{}", &info.archive_url, filename).as_str(),
+            format!("{}/{}", info.archive_url, filename).as_str(),
             &orig_file.sha256,
             target_dir,
             progress,
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ async fn fetch_dsc_file(
     debug!("Fetching dsc file: {}", filename);
 
     download_file_checksum(
-        format!("{}/{}", &info.archive_url, filename).as_str(),
+        format!("{}/{}", info.archive_url, filename).as_str(),
         &dsc_file.sha256,
         target_dir,
         progress,