diff --git a/minidom/src/convert.rs b/minidom/src/convert.rs
index 3db89720b7c1c243ad49bb118adf08e06572278c..d113f151749f75eedfaa7425b6db0324f874ea85 100644
--- a/minidom/src/convert.rs
+++ b/minidom/src/convert.rs
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ impl IntoAttributeValue for String {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> IntoAttributeValue for &'a String {
+impl IntoAttributeValue for &String {
     fn into_attribute_value(self) -> Option<String> {
         Some(self.to_owned())
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> IntoAttributeValue for &'a str {
+impl IntoAttributeValue for &str {
     fn into_attribute_value(self) -> Option<String> {
         Some(self.to_owned())
     }
diff --git a/minidom/src/element.rs b/minidom/src/element.rs
index 290fdc181a59fc704174eabb6ef46ca6b358842a..1f0c78ca11e392e3cc97a15bac488d79417ef5ed 100644
--- a/minidom/src/element.rs
+++ b/minidom/src/element.rs
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ pub struct ContentsAsChildren<'a> {
     iter: alloc::vec::Drain<'a, Node>,
 }
 
-impl<'a> Iterator for ContentsAsChildren<'a> {
+impl Iterator for ContentsAsChildren<'_> {
     type Item = Element;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Element> {
diff --git a/minidom/src/namespaces.rs b/minidom/src/namespaces.rs
index 7d81744065b8e5b7af19779e94c9b1c18486c6b9..bf2766ded32b6607c7fbf9a6761b8365703f925d 100644
--- a/minidom/src/namespaces.rs
+++ b/minidom/src/namespaces.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a str> for NSChoice<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> NSChoice<'a> {
+impl NSChoice<'_> {
     pub(crate) fn compare(&self, ns: &str) -> bool {
         match (ns, &self) {
             (_, NSChoice::None) => false,