diff --git a/rust/src/operations/write.rs b/rust/src/operations/write.rs
index 823f1d466d..51f2374f71 100644
--- a/rust/src/operations/write.rs
+++ b/rust/src/operations/write.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
             let object_store = if let Some(store) = this.object_store {
                 Ok(store)
             } else {
-                DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri(&this.location.unwrap())
+                DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri(this.location.unwrap())
                     .with_storage_options(this.storage_options.unwrap_or_default())
                     .build_storage()
             }?;
diff --git a/rust/src/writer/json.rs b/rust/src/writer/json.rs
index 7fa86d8515..c9fee9db77 100644
--- a/rust/src/writer/json.rs
+++ b/rust/src/writer/json.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl JsonWriter {
         partition_columns: Option<Vec<String>>,
         storage_options: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
     ) -> Result<Self, DeltaTableError> {
-        let storage = DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri(&table_uri)
+        let storage = DeltaTableBuilder::from_uri(table_uri)
             .with_storage_options(storage_options.unwrap_or_default())
             .build_storage()?;
 
diff --git a/rust/src/writer/stats.rs b/rust/src/writer/stats.rs
index e14b7dc333..2ec3c5f8d3 100644
--- a/rust/src/writer/stats.rs
+++ b/rust/src/writer/stats.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) fn apply_null_counts(
 
     array
         .columns()
-        .into_iter()
+        .iter()
         .zip(fields)
         .for_each(|(column, field)| {
             let key = field.name().to_owned();