diff --git a/src/check_ast.rs b/src/check_ast.rs
index d2210772bf..60cbc9f9bc 100644
--- a/src/check_ast.rs
+++ b/src/check_ast.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Lint rules based on AST traversal.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -745,7 +744,7 @@ where
                         }
 
                         if self.settings.enabled.contains(&CheckCode::F407) {
-                            if !ALL_FEATURE_NAMES.contains(&alias.node.name.deref()) {
+                            if !ALL_FEATURE_NAMES.contains(&&*alias.node.name) {
                                 self.add_check(Check::new(
                                     CheckKind::FutureFeatureNotDefined(alias.node.name.to_string()),
                                     Range::from_located(stmt),
@@ -941,7 +940,7 @@ where
                         self,
                         stmt,
                         test,
-                        msg.as_ref().map(|expr| expr.deref()),
+                        msg.as_ref().map(|expr| &**expr),
                     );
                 }
                 if self.settings.enabled.contains(&CheckCode::S101) {
diff --git a/src/flake8_annotations/plugins.rs b/src/flake8_annotations/plugins.rs
index 4fae81850e..e51bbde074 100644
--- a/src/flake8_annotations/plugins.rs
+++ b/src/flake8_annotations/plugins.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::ops::Deref;
-
 use rustpython_ast::{Arguments, Constant, Expr, ExprKind, Stmt, StmtKind};
 
 use crate::ast::types::Range;
@@ -25,9 +23,7 @@ where
             StmtKind::FunctionDef { .. } | StmtKind::AsyncFunctionDef { .. } => {
                 // No recurse.
             }
-            StmtKind::Return { value } => {
-                self.returns.push(value.as_ref().map(|expr| expr.deref()))
-            }
+            StmtKind::Return { value } => self.returns.push(value.as_ref().map(|expr| &**expr)),
             _ => visitor::walk_stmt(self, stmt),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/fs.rs b/src/fs.rs
index e487c86056..37f0239a94 100644
--- a/src/fs.rs
+++ b/src/fs.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufReader, Read};
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ pub(crate) fn normalize_path_to(path: &Path, project_root: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 
 /// Convert an absolute path to be relative to the current working directory.
 pub(crate) fn relativize_path(path: &Path) -> Cow<str> {
-    if let Ok(path) = path.strip_prefix(path_dedot::CWD.deref()) {
+    if let Ok(path) = path.strip_prefix(&*path_dedot::CWD) {
         return path.to_string_lossy();
     }
     path.to_string_lossy()