diff --git a/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs b/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs
index 38764207..486fd86d 100644
--- a/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs
+++ b/examples/nop-preprocessor.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn handle_preprocessing(pre: &dyn Preprocessor) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let book_version = Version::parse(&ctx.mdbook_version)?;
     let version_req = VersionReq::parse(mdbook::MDBOOK_VERSION)?;
 
-    if version_req.matches(&book_version) != true {
+    if !version_req.matches(&book_version) {
         eprintln!(
             "Warning: The {} plugin was built against version {} of mdbook, \
              but we're being called from version {}",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn handle_preprocessing(pre: &dyn Preprocessor) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 fn handle_supports(pre: &dyn Preprocessor, sub_args: &ArgMatches) -> ! {
     let renderer = sub_args.value_of("renderer").expect("Required argument");
-    let supported = pre.supports_renderer(&renderer);
+    let supported = pre.supports_renderer(renderer);
 
     // Signal whether the renderer is supported by exiting with 1 or 0.
     if supported {