diff --git a/components/library/src/content/section.rs b/components/library/src/content/section.rs
index 05c1b31..76f6618 100644
--- a/components/library/src/content/section.rs
+++ b/components/library/src/content/section.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl Section {
     pub fn parse(file_path: &Path, content: &str, config: &Config) -> Result<Section> {
         let (meta, content) = split_section_content(file_path, content)?;
         let mut section = Section::new(file_path, meta);
-        section.raw_content = content.clone();
+        section.raw_content = content;
         let (word_count, reading_time) = get_reading_analytics(&section.raw_content);
         section.word_count = Some(word_count);
         section.reading_time = Some(reading_time);
diff --git a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
index 7ec4fc1..c21e58b 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/markdown.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub struct Rendered {
 // means we will have example, example-1, example-2 etc
 fn find_anchor(anchors: &[String], name: String, level: u8) -> String {
     if level == 0 && !anchors.contains(&name) {
-        return name.to_string();
+        return name;
     }
 
     let new_anchor = format!("{}-{}", name, level + 1);
diff --git a/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs b/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs
index 294eee3..d292e86 100644
--- a/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs
+++ b/components/rendering/src/shortcode.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ lazy_static! {
 
 fn replace_string_markers(input: &str) -> String {
     match input.chars().next().unwrap() {
-        '"' => input.replace('"', "").to_string(),
-        '\'' => input.replace('\'', "").to_string(),
-        '`' => input.replace('`', "").to_string(),
+        '"' => input.replace('"', ""),
+        '\'' => input.replace('\'', ""),
+        '`' => input.replace('`', ""),
         _ => unreachable!("How did you even get there"),
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index bee3a4c..3df0686 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ impl Site {
 
         pages.par_sort_unstable_by(sort_actual_pages_by_date);
 
-        context.insert("last_build_date", &pages[0].meta.date.clone().map(|d| d.to_string()));
+        context.insert("last_build_date", &pages[0].meta.date.clone());
         // limit to the last n elements if the limit is set; otherwise use all.
         let num_entries = self.config.rss_limit.unwrap_or(pages.len());
         let p = pages
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ impl Site {
         let feed = &render_template("rss.xml", &self.tera, &context, &self.config.theme)?;
 
         if let Some(ref base) = base_path {
-            let mut output_path = self.output_path.clone().to_path_buf();
+            let mut output_path = self.output_path.clone();
             for component in base.components() {
                 output_path.push(component);
                 if !output_path.exists() {
@@ -812,9 +812,7 @@ impl Site {
     /// Renders a single section
     pub fn render_section(&self, section: &Section, render_pages: bool) -> Result<()> {
         ensure_directory_exists(&self.output_path)?;
-        let public = self.output_path.clone();
-
-        let mut output_path = public.to_path_buf();
+        let mut output_path = self.output_path.clone();
         for component in &section.file.components {
             output_path.push(component);
 
diff --git a/components/templates/src/global_fns/mod.rs b/components/templates/src/global_fns/mod.rs
index 2ba5aad..5c8deb5 100644
--- a/components/templates/src/global_fns/mod.rs
+++ b/components/templates/src/global_fns/mod.rs
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ pub fn make_get_taxonomy_url(all_taxonomies: &[Taxonomy]) -> GlobalFn {
             }
         };
 
-        if let Some(ref permalink) = container.get(&name) {
-            return Ok(to_value(permalink.clone()).unwrap());
+        if let Some(permalink) = container.get(&name) {
+            return Ok(to_value(permalink).unwrap());
         }
 
         Err(format!("`get_taxonomy_url`: couldn't find `{}` in `{}` taxonomy", name, kind).into())
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ pub fn make_resize_image(imageproc: Arc<Mutex<imageproc::Processor>>) -> GlobalF
             return Err(format!("`resize_image`: Cannot find path: {}", path).into());
         }
 
-        let imageop = imageproc::ImageOp::from_args(path.clone(), &op, width, height, quality)
+        let imageop = imageproc::ImageOp::from_args(path, &op, width, height, quality)
             .map_err(|e| format!("`resize_image`: {}", e))?;
         let url = imageproc.insert(imageop);