diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract.rs
index 41b62e3..0a48b33 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{collections::HashSet, convert::TryFrom, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, convert::TryFrom, path::Path, path::PathBuf};
 
 use html5ever::{
     parse_document,
@@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ fn extract_links_from_plaintext(input: &str) -> Vec<String> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-fn create_uri_from_path(root: &PathBuf, base: &Option<Base>, link: &str) -> Result<Url> {
-    let link = url::remove_get_params(&link);
+fn create_uri_from_path(root: &Path, base: &Option<Base>, link: &str) -> Result<Url> {
+    let link = url::remove_get_params(link);
     let path = path::resolve(root, &PathBuf::from(&link), base)?;
-    Ok(Url::from_file_path(&path).map_err(|_e| ErrorKind::InvalidPath(path))?)
+    Url::from_file_path(&path).map_err(|_e| ErrorKind::InvalidPath(path))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/helpers/path.rs b/lychee-lib/src/helpers/path.rs
index fda4660..87445c3 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/helpers/path.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/helpers/path.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve(src: &Path, dst: &Path, base: &Option<Base>) -> Result<Pat
         // Find `dst` in the parent directory of `src`
         if let Some(parent) = src.parent() {
             let rel_path = parent.join(dst.to_path_buf());
-            return Ok(absolute_path(&rel_path)?);
+            return absolute_path(&rel_path);
         }
     }
     if dst.is_absolute() {
@@ -49,11 +49,10 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve(src: &Path, dst: &Path, base: &Option<Base>) -> Result<Pat
             ErrorKind::InvalidBase(
                 "<empty>".to_string(),
                 format!("Found absolute local link {:?} but no base directory was set. Set with `--base`.", dst)
-                    .to_string(),
             )
         })?;
         let abs_path = join(dirname(&base), dst);
-        return Ok(absolute_path(&abs_path)?);
+        return absolute_path(&abs_path);
     }
     Err(ErrorKind::FileNotFound(dst.to_path_buf()))
 }
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs
index f38ec29..affeacc 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/base.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for Base {
     type Error = ErrorKind;
 
     fn try_from(value: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(&value) {
+        if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(value) {
             if url.cannot_be_a_base() {
                 return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidBase(
                     value.to_string(),
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs
index 20a9f2f..ad5ed83 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/input.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl Input {
     pub fn new(value: &str, glob_ignore_case: bool) -> Self {
         if value == STDIN {
             Self::Stdin
-        } else if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(&value) {
+        } else if let Ok(url) = Url::parse(value) {
             Self::RemoteUrl(Box::new(url))
         } else {
             // this seems to be the only way to determine if this is a glob pattern