diff --git a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
index 6ac5985b..6b934b13 100644
--- a/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/html_handlebars/hbs_renderer.rs
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ impl HtmlHandlebars {
             // Note: all paths are relative to the build directory, so the
             // leading slash in an absolute path means nothing (and would mess
             // up `root.join(original)`).
-            let original = original.trim_start_matches("/");
+            let original = original.trim_start_matches('/');
             let filename = root.join(original);
             self.emit_redirect(handlebars, &filename, new)?;
         }
@@ -899,10 +899,10 @@ fn partition_source(s: &str) -> (String, String) {
         if !header || after_header {
             after_header = true;
             after.push_str(line);
-            after.push_str("\n");
+            after.push('\n');
         } else {
             before.push_str(line);
-            before.push_str("\n");
+            before.push('\n');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/string.rs b/src/utils/string.rs
index 1151d1e8..59931743 100644
--- a/src/utils/string.rs
+++ b/src/utils/string.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn take_rustdoc_include_lines<R: RangeBounds<usize>>(s: &str, range: R) -> S
             output.push_str("# ");
         }
         output.push_str(line);
-        output.push_str("\n");
+        output.push('\n');
     }
     output.pop();
     output
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub fn take_rustdoc_include_anchored_lines(s: &str, anchor: &str) -> String {
                 None => {
                     if !ANCHOR_START.is_match(l) {
                         output.push_str(l);
-                        output.push_str("\n");
+                        output.push('\n');
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub fn take_rustdoc_include_anchored_lines(s: &str, anchor: &str) -> String {
         } else if !ANCHOR_END.is_match(l) {
             output.push_str("# ");
             output.push_str(l);
-            output.push_str("\n");
+            output.push('\n');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/toml_ext.rs b/src/utils/toml_ext.rs
index 908ab2db..bf25ad11 100644
--- a/src/utils/toml_ext.rs
+++ b/src/utils/toml_ext.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl TomlExt for Value {
 }
 
 fn split(key: &str) -> Option<(&str, &str)> {
-    let ix = key.find(".")?;
+    let ix = key.find('.')?;
 
     let (head, tail) = key.split_at(ix);
     // splitting will leave the "."