diff --git a/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs b/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs
index 362c288..ebb20d7 100644
--- a/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs
+++ b/lib/smol_str/src/borsh.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{Repr, SmolStr, INLINE_CAP};
 use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
-use borsh::io::{Error, ErrorKind, Read, Write};
-use borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize};
-use core::intrinsics::transmute;
+use borsh::{
+    io::{Error, ErrorKind, Read, Write},
+    BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize,
+};
+use core::mem::transmute;
 
 impl BorshSerialize for SmolStr {
     fn serialize<W: Write>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> borsh::io::Result<()> {
@@ -27,12 +29,8 @@
             }))
         } else {
             // u8::vec_from_reader always returns Some on success in current implementation
-            let vec = u8::vec_from_reader(len, reader)?.ok_or_else(|| {
-                Error::new(
-                    ErrorKind::Other,
-                    "u8::vec_from_reader unexpectedly returned None".to_string(),
-                )
-            })?;
+            let vec = u8::vec_from_reader(len, reader)?
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::other("u8::vec_from_reader unexpectedly returned None"))?;
             Ok(SmolStr::from(String::from_utf8(vec).map_err(|err| {
                 let msg = err.to_string();
                 Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, msg)
diff --git a/lib/smol_str/src/lib.rs b/lib/smol_str/src/lib.rs
index bf88f57..d76f029 100644
--- a/lib/smol_str/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/smol_str/src/lib.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> PartialEq<SmolStr> for &'a str {
+impl PartialEq<SmolStr> for &str {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn eq(&self, other: &SmolStr) -> bool {
         *self == other
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> PartialEq<SmolStr> for &'a String {
+impl PartialEq<SmolStr> for &String {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn eq(&self, other: &SmolStr) -> bool {
         *self == other
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
 impl From<Arc<str>> for SmolStr {
     #[inline]
     fn from(s: Arc<str>) -> SmolStr {
-        let repr = Repr::new_on_stack(s.as_ref()).unwrap_or_else(|| Repr::Heap(s));
+        let repr = Repr::new_on_stack(s.as_ref()).unwrap_or(Repr::Heap(s));
         Self(repr)
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs b/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs
index 96b8b8f..0070b3a 100644
--- a/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs
+++ b/lib/smol_str/tests/test.rs
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@
         assert!(!result.is_heap_allocated());
     }
 }
-#[cfg(feature = "borsh")]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "borsh")]
 mod borsh_tests {
     use borsh::BorshDeserialize;
     use smol_str::{SmolStr, ToSmolStr};