diff --git a/pbs-client/src/http_client.rs b/pbs-client/src/http_client.rs
index 30af59669..90d0d04b0 100644
--- a/pbs-client/src/http_client.rs
+++ b/pbs-client/src/http_client.rs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ fn load_fingerprint(prefix: &str, server: &str) -> Option<String> {
     // usually ~/.config/<prefix>/fingerprints
     let path = base.place_config_file("fingerprints").ok()?;
 
-    let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).ok()?;
+    let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(path).ok()?;
 
     for line in raw.split('\n') {
         let items: Vec<String> = line.split_whitespace().map(String::from).collect();
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ fn load_ticket_info(prefix: &str, server: &str, userid: &Userid) -> Option<(Stri
 
     // usually /run/user/<uid>/...
     let path = base.place_runtime_file("tickets").ok()?;
-    let data = file_get_json(&path, None).ok()?;
+    let data = file_get_json(path, None).ok()?;
     let now = proxmox_time::epoch_i64();
     let ticket_lifetime = proxmox_auth_api::TICKET_LIFETIME - 60;
     let uinfo = data[server][userid.as_str()].as_object()?;
diff --git a/pbs-client/src/pxar/create.rs b/pbs-client/src/pxar/create.rs
index 613559d28..a9a956c2e 100644
--- a/pbs-client/src/pxar/create.rs
+++ b/pbs-client/src/pxar/create.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ impl Archiver {
             let match_path = PathBuf::from("/").join(full_path.clone());
             if self
                 .patterns
-                .matches(match_path.as_os_str().as_bytes(), Some(stat.st_mode as u32))
+                .matches(match_path.as_os_str().as_bytes(), Some(stat.st_mode))
                 == Some(MatchType::Exclude)
             {
                 continue;
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ impl Archiver {
         let match_path = PathBuf::from("/").join(self.path.clone());
         if self
             .patterns
-            .matches(match_path.as_os_str().as_bytes(), Some(stat.st_mode as u32))
+            .matches(match_path.as_os_str().as_bytes(), Some(stat.st_mode))
             == Some(MatchType::Exclude)
         {
             return Ok(());
diff --git a/pbs-client/src/tools/mod.rs b/pbs-client/src/tools/mod.rs
index fa1d50925..1b0123a39 100644
--- a/pbs-client/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/pbs-client/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ pub fn complete_repository(_arg: &str, _param: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Vec<
         _ => return result,
     };
 
-    let data = file_get_json(&path, None).unwrap_or_else(|_| json!({}));
+    let data = file_get_json(path, None).unwrap_or_else(|_| json!({}));
 
     if let Some(map) = data.as_object() {
         for (repo, _count) in map {