diff --git a/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/interpreter.rs b/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/interpreter.rs
index fe6c506be..1ce129f27 100644
--- a/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/interpreter.rs
+++ b/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/interpreter.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ impl Interpreter {
                 "PUFFIN_PYTHON_PATH is set; ignoring system PATH when looking for binaries."
             );
             if let Ok(cwd) = std::env::current_dir() {
-                which::which_in(&requested, Some(isolated), cwd)
+                which::which_in(requested, Some(isolated), cwd)
                     .map_err(|err| Error::Which(requested.into(), err))
             } else {
                 which::which_in_global(requested, Some(isolated))
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl Interpreter {
                     .and_then(|mut paths| paths.next().ok_or(Error::PythonNotFound))
             }
         } else {
-            which::which(&requested).map_err(|err| Error::Which(requested.into(), err))
+            which::which(requested).map_err(|err| Error::Which(requested.into(), err))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/python_query.rs b/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/python_query.rs
index 63c5419e2..063339a88 100644
--- a/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/python_query.rs
+++ b/crates/puffin-interpreter/src/python_query.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub fn find_requested_python(request: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, Error> {
         }
     } else if !request.contains(std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR) {
         // `-p python3.10`; Generally not used on windows because all Python are `python.exe`.
-        Interpreter::find_executable(&request)
+        Interpreter::find_executable(request)
     } else {
         // `-p /home/ferris/.local/bin/python3.10`
         Ok(fs_err::canonicalize(request)?)