diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb539698d65..d893f3768dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: stable
           profile: minimal
           components: clippy
-      - run: nox -s clippy
+      - run: nox -s clippy -- --allow=clippy::borrow_deref_ref --allow=clippy::let_unit_value --allow=clippy::derive-partial-eq-without-eq
 
   check-target:
     needs: [fmt]
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 216bc56d57e..5c72d08989c 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def clippy(session: nox.Session) -> None:
             "--workspace",
             "--",
             "--deny=warnings",
+            *session.posargs,
             external=True,
         )
 
diff --git a/pyo3-macros-backend/src/proto_method.rs b/pyo3-macros-backend/src/proto_method.rs
index 648a9734258..c7c7fa6fdd5 100644
--- a/pyo3-macros-backend/src/proto_method.rs
+++ b/pyo3-macros-backend/src/proto_method.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fn insert_lifetime(ty: &mut syn::Type) {
     match ty {
         syn::Type::Reference(ref mut r) => {
             r.lifetime.get_or_insert(syn::parse_quote! {'p});
-            insert_lifetime(&mut *r.elem);
+            insert_lifetime(&mut r.elem);
         }
         syn::Type::Path(ref mut path) => insert_lifetime_for_path(path),
         _ => {}
diff --git a/src/gil.rs b/src/gil.rs
index 8d4060085b8..4c640fc25d5 100644
--- a/src/gil.rs
+++ b/src/gil.rs
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ mod tests {
             let obj: Arc<Py<PyAny>> = Arc::new(get_object(py));
             let thread_obj = Arc::clone(&obj);
 
-            let count = (&*obj).get_refcnt(py);
+            let count = obj.get_refcnt(py);
             println!(
                 "1: The object has been created and its reference count is {}",
                 count
diff --git a/src/pyclass.rs b/src/pyclass.rs
index eb2bb5c9595..9144bf3af87 100644
--- a/src/pyclass.rs
+++ b/src/pyclass.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 //! `PyClass` and related traits.
 use crate::{
     callback::IntoPyCallbackOutput,
diff --git a/src/type_object.rs b/src/type_object.rs
index b8c2d654133..0fa40eace0e 100644
--- a/src/type_object.rs
+++ b/src/type_object.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 // Copyright (c) 2017-present PyO3 Project and Contributors
 //! Python type object information