diff --git a/src/liballoc/string.rs b/src/liballoc/string.rs
index 662f8ae614fcb..acc1f9b306e7d 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/string.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/string.rs
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ impl String {
             return Cow::Borrowed("");
         };
 
-        const REPLACEMENT: &'static str = "\u{FFFD}";
+        const REPLACEMENT: &str = "\u{FFFD}";
 
         let mut res = String::with_capacity(v.len());
         res.push_str(first_valid);
diff --git a/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs b/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs
index 75ec0d7d50be6..0c5256b981e5c 100644
--- a/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/fmt/mod.rs
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ impl<'a> Formatter<'a> {
         for part in formatted.parts {
             match *part {
                 flt2dec::Part::Zero(mut nzeroes) => {
-                    const ZEROES: &'static str = // 64 zeroes
+                    const ZEROES: &str = // 64 zeroes
                         "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
                     while nzeroes > ZEROES.len() {
                         self.buf.write_str(ZEROES)?;
diff --git a/src/libcore/unicode/printable.rs b/src/libcore/unicode/printable.rs
index 519dd17bb9b3f..32e4b6b0fa512 100644
--- a/src/libcore/unicode/printable.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/unicode/printable.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub(crate) fn is_printable(x: char) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-const SINGLETONS0U: &'static [(u8, u8)] = &[
+const SINGLETONS0U: &[(u8, u8)] = &[
     (0x00, 1),
     (0x03, 5),
     (0x05, 6),
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ const SINGLETONS0U: &'static [(u8, u8)] = &[
     (0xfe, 3),
     (0xff, 9),
 ];
-const SINGLETONS0L: &'static [u8] = &[
+const SINGLETONS0L: &[u8] = &[
     0xad, 0x78, 0x79, 0x8b, 0x8d, 0xa2, 0x30, 0x57,
     0x58, 0x8b, 0x8c, 0x90, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0xdd, 0x0e,
     0x0f, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0x2e, 0x2f, 0x3f,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const SINGLETONS0L: &'static [u8] = &[
     0x91, 0xfe, 0xff, 0x53, 0x67, 0x75, 0xc8, 0xc9,
     0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd8, 0xd9, 0xe7, 0xfe, 0xff,
 ];
-const SINGLETONS1U: &'static [(u8, u8)] = &[
+const SINGLETONS1U: &[(u8, u8)] = &[
     (0x00, 6),
     (0x01, 1),
     (0x03, 1),
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const SINGLETONS1U: &'static [(u8, u8)] = &[
     (0xf0, 4),
     (0xf9, 4),
 ];
-const SINGLETONS1L: &'static [u8] = &[
+const SINGLETONS1L: &[u8] = &[
     0x0c, 0x27, 0x3b, 0x3e, 0x4e, 0x4f, 0x8f, 0x9e,
     0x9e, 0x9f, 0x06, 0x07, 0x09, 0x36, 0x3d, 0x3e,
     0x56, 0xf3, 0xd0, 0xd1, 0x04, 0x14, 0x18, 0x36,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ const SINGLETONS1L: &'static [u8] = &[
     0x78, 0x7d, 0x7f, 0x8a, 0xa4, 0xaa, 0xaf, 0xb0,
     0xc0, 0xd0, 0x3f, 0x71, 0x72, 0x7b,
 ];
-const NORMAL0: &'static [u8] = &[
+const NORMAL0: &[u8] = &[
     0x00, 0x20,
     0x5f, 0x22,
     0x82, 0xdf, 0x04,
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ const NORMAL0: &'static [u8] = &[
     0x1b, 0x03,
     0x0f, 0x0d,
 ];
-const NORMAL1: &'static [u8] = &[
+const NORMAL1: &[u8] = &[
     0x5e, 0x22,
     0x7b, 0x05,
     0x03, 0x04,
diff --git a/src/librustc/dep_graph/dep_node.rs b/src/librustc/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
index 388bbc52c3b1a..a20d04972fd75 100644
--- a/src/librustc/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ macro_rules! define_dep_nodes {
         #[allow(dead_code, non_upper_case_globals)]
         pub mod label_strs {
            $(
-                pub const $variant: &'static str = stringify!($variant);
+                pub const $variant: &str = stringify!($variant);
             )*
         }
     );
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
index 9a0ceddcf1b4a..113a2377ac926 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/print.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub trait PpAnn {
 
 pub struct NoAnn;
 impl PpAnn for NoAnn {}
-pub const NO_ANN: &'static dyn PpAnn = &NoAnn;
+pub const NO_ANN: &dyn PpAnn = &NoAnn;
 
 impl PpAnn for hir::Crate {
     fn try_fetch_item(&self, item: ast::NodeId) -> Option<&hir::Item> {
diff --git a/src/librustc/ich/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ich/mod.rs
index 9751c560acd1e..fc2f1ee6ff892 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ich/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ich/mod.rs
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ mod impls_misc;
 mod impls_ty;
 mod impls_syntax;
 
-pub const ATTR_DIRTY: &'static str = "rustc_dirty";
-pub const ATTR_CLEAN: &'static str = "rustc_clean";
-pub const ATTR_IF_THIS_CHANGED: &'static str = "rustc_if_this_changed";
-pub const ATTR_THEN_THIS_WOULD_NEED: &'static str = "rustc_then_this_would_need";
-pub const ATTR_PARTITION_REUSED: &'static str = "rustc_partition_reused";
-pub const ATTR_PARTITION_CODEGENED: &'static str = "rustc_partition_codegened";
-pub const ATTR_EXPECTED_CGU_REUSE: &'static str = "rustc_expected_cgu_reuse";
+pub const ATTR_DIRTY: &str = "rustc_dirty";
+pub const ATTR_CLEAN: &str = "rustc_clean";
+pub const ATTR_IF_THIS_CHANGED: &str = "rustc_if_this_changed";
+pub const ATTR_THEN_THIS_WOULD_NEED: &str = "rustc_then_this_would_need";
+pub const ATTR_PARTITION_REUSED: &str = "rustc_partition_reused";
+pub const ATTR_PARTITION_CODEGENED: &str = "rustc_partition_codegened";
+pub const ATTR_EXPECTED_CGU_REUSE: &str = "rustc_expected_cgu_reuse";
 
-pub const IGNORED_ATTRIBUTES: &'static [&'static str] = &[
+pub const IGNORED_ATTRIBUTES: &[&str] = &[
     "cfg",
     ATTR_IF_THIS_CHANGED,
     ATTR_THEN_THIS_WOULD_NEED,
diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
index 480d4a8e48f0e..e8b280fb3d802 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
@@ -780,43 +780,42 @@ macro_rules! options {
     }
 
     pub type $setter_name = fn(&mut $struct_name, v: Option<&str>) -> bool;
-    pub const $stat: &'static [(&'static str, $setter_name,
-                                Option<&'static str>, &'static str)] =
+    pub const $stat: &[(&str, $setter_name, Option<&str>, &str)] =
         &[ $( (stringify!($opt), $mod_set::$opt, $mod_desc::$parse, $desc) ),* ];
 
     #[allow(non_upper_case_globals, dead_code)]
     mod $mod_desc {
-        pub const parse_bool: Option<&'static str> = None;
-        pub const parse_opt_bool: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_bool: Option<&str> = None;
+        pub const parse_opt_bool: Option<&str> =
             Some("one of: `y`, `yes`, `on`, `n`, `no`, or `off`");
-        pub const parse_string: Option<&'static str> = Some("a string");
-        pub const parse_string_push: Option<&'static str> = Some("a string");
-        pub const parse_pathbuf_push: Option<&'static str> = Some("a path");
-        pub const parse_opt_string: Option<&'static str> = Some("a string");
-        pub const parse_opt_pathbuf: Option<&'static str> = Some("a path");
-        pub const parse_list: Option<&'static str> = Some("a space-separated list of strings");
-        pub const parse_opt_list: Option<&'static str> = Some("a space-separated list of strings");
-        pub const parse_uint: Option<&'static str> = Some("a number");
-        pub const parse_passes: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_string: Option<&str> = Some("a string");
+        pub const parse_string_push: Option<&str> = Some("a string");
+        pub const parse_pathbuf_push: Option<&str> = Some("a path");
+        pub const parse_opt_string: Option<&str> = Some("a string");
+        pub const parse_opt_pathbuf: Option<&str> = Some("a path");
+        pub const parse_list: Option<&str> = Some("a space-separated list of strings");
+        pub const parse_opt_list: Option<&str> = Some("a space-separated list of strings");
+        pub const parse_uint: Option<&str> = Some("a number");
+        pub const parse_passes: Option<&str> =
             Some("a space-separated list of passes, or `all`");
-        pub const parse_opt_uint: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_opt_uint: Option<&str> =
             Some("a number");
-        pub const parse_panic_strategy: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_panic_strategy: Option<&str> =
             Some("either `unwind` or `abort`");
-        pub const parse_relro_level: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_relro_level: Option<&str> =
             Some("one of: `full`, `partial`, or `off`");
-        pub const parse_sanitizer: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_sanitizer: Option<&str> =
             Some("one of: `address`, `leak`, `memory` or `thread`");
-        pub const parse_linker_flavor: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_linker_flavor: Option<&str> =
             Some(::rustc_target::spec::LinkerFlavor::one_of());
-        pub const parse_optimization_fuel: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_optimization_fuel: Option<&str> =
             Some("crate=integer");
-        pub const parse_unpretty: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_unpretty: Option<&str> =
             Some("`string` or `string=string`");
-        pub const parse_lto: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_lto: Option<&str> =
             Some("either a boolean (`yes`, `no`, `on`, `off`, etc), `thin`, \
                   `fat`, or omitted");
-        pub const parse_cross_lang_lto: Option<&'static str> =
+        pub const parse_cross_lang_lto: Option<&str> =
             Some("either a boolean (`yes`, `no`, `on`, `off`, etc), \
                   or the path to the linker plugin");
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc/session/filesearch.rs b/src/librustc/session/filesearch.rs
index f410c270bcef9..e686a1d1275b6 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/filesearch.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/filesearch.rs
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ fn find_libdir(sysroot: &Path) -> Cow<'static, str> {
     // "lib" (i.e. non-default), this value is used (see issue #16552).
 
     #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "64")]
-    const PRIMARY_LIB_DIR: &'static str = "lib64";
+    const PRIMARY_LIB_DIR: &str = "lib64";
 
     #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "32")]
-    const PRIMARY_LIB_DIR: &'static str = "lib32";
+    const PRIMARY_LIB_DIR: &str = "lib32";
 
-    const SECONDARY_LIB_DIR: &'static str = "lib";
+    const SECONDARY_LIB_DIR: &str = "lib";
 
     match option_env!("CFG_LIBDIR_RELATIVE") {
         Some(libdir) if libdir != "lib" => libdir.into(),
@@ -198,4 +198,4 @@ fn find_libdir(sysroot: &Path) -> Cow<'static, str> {
 
 // The name of rustc's own place to organize libraries.
 // Used to be "rustc", now the default is "rustlib"
-const RUST_LIB_DIR: &'static str = "rustlib";
+const RUST_LIB_DIR: &str = "rustlib";
diff --git a/src/librustc/util/common.rs b/src/librustc/util/common.rs
index 7a246af82e5fe..c6ba20de0d3b9 100644
--- a/src/librustc/util/common.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/util/common.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use lazy_static;
 use session::Session;
 
 // The name of the associated type for `Fn` return types
-pub const FN_OUTPUT_NAME: &'static str = "Output";
+pub const FN_OUTPUT_NAME: &str = "Output";
 
 // Useful type to use with `Result<>` indicate that an error has already
 // been reported to the user, so no need to continue checking.
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/symbol_export.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/symbol_export.rs
index 0fb2641a4f82e..23b35b2e41654 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/symbol_export.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/symbol_export.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fn exported_symbols_provider_local<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
         // These are weak symbols that point to the profile version and the
         // profile name, which need to be treated as exported so LTO doesn't nix
         // them.
-        const PROFILER_WEAK_SYMBOLS: [&'static str; 2] = [
+        const PROFILER_WEAK_SYMBOLS: [&str; 2] = [
             "__llvm_profile_raw_version",
             "__llvm_profile_filename",
         ];
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_utils/symbol_names.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_utils/symbol_names.rs
index 344a252578472..611d7b137c6f2 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_utils/symbol_names.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_utils/symbol_names.rs
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ impl SymbolPathBuffer {
 
 impl ItemPathBuffer for SymbolPathBuffer {
     fn root_mode(&self) -> &RootMode {
-        const ABSOLUTE: &'static RootMode = &RootMode::Absolute;
+        const ABSOLUTE: &RootMode = &RootMode::Absolute;
         ABSOLUTE
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_incremental/assert_module_sources.rs b/src/librustc_incremental/assert_module_sources.rs
index 4ff2529b26d93..17ac9a6b53973 100644
--- a/src/librustc_incremental/assert_module_sources.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_incremental/assert_module_sources.rs
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ use syntax::ast;
 use rustc::ich::{ATTR_PARTITION_REUSED, ATTR_PARTITION_CODEGENED,
                  ATTR_EXPECTED_CGU_REUSE};
 
-const MODULE: &'static str = "module";
-const CFG: &'static str = "cfg";
-const KIND: &'static str = "kind";
+const MODULE: &str = "module";
+const CFG: &str = "cfg";
+const KIND: &str = "kind";
 
 pub fn assert_module_sources<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>) {
     tcx.dep_graph.with_ignore(|| {
diff --git a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/file_format.rs b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/file_format.rs
index 98f7873fda0e4..e5faba6178233 100644
--- a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/file_format.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/file_format.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use rustc::session::config::nightly_options;
 use rustc_serialize::opaque::Encoder;
 
 /// The first few bytes of files generated by incremental compilation
-const FILE_MAGIC: &'static [u8] = b"RSIC";
+const FILE_MAGIC: &[u8] = b"RSIC";
 
 /// Change this if the header format changes
 const HEADER_FORMAT_VERSION: u16 = 0;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const HEADER_FORMAT_VERSION: u16 = 0;
 /// A version string that hopefully is always different for compiler versions
 /// with different encodings of incremental compilation artifacts. Contains
 /// the git commit hash.
-const RUSTC_VERSION: Option<&'static str> = option_env!("CFG_VERSION");
+const RUSTC_VERSION: Option<&str> = option_env!("CFG_VERSION");
 
 pub fn write_file_header(stream: &mut Encoder) {
     stream.emit_raw_bytes(FILE_MAGIC);
diff --git a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/fs.rs b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/fs.rs
index 75cdefaf49f00..bc98798f77253 100644
--- a/src/librustc_incremental/persist/fs.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_incremental/persist/fs.rs
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ use std::time::{UNIX_EPOCH, SystemTime, Duration};
 
 use rand::{RngCore, thread_rng};
 
-const LOCK_FILE_EXT: &'static str = ".lock";
-const DEP_GRAPH_FILENAME: &'static str = "dep-graph.bin";
-const WORK_PRODUCTS_FILENAME: &'static str = "work-products.bin";
-const QUERY_CACHE_FILENAME: &'static str = "query-cache.bin";
+const LOCK_FILE_EXT: &str = ".lock";
+const DEP_GRAPH_FILENAME: &str = "dep-graph.bin";
+const WORK_PRODUCTS_FILENAME: &str = "work-products.bin";
+const QUERY_CACHE_FILENAME: &str = "query-cache.bin";
 
 // We encode integers using the following base, so they are shorter than decimal
 // or hexadecimal numbers (we want short file and directory names). Since these
diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs
index e91d15b78c075..fc3af6cf2e732 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub const METADATA_VERSION: u8 = 4;
 /// This header is followed by the position of the `CrateRoot`,
 /// which is encoded as a 32-bit big-endian unsigned integer,
 /// and further followed by the rustc version string.
-pub const METADATA_HEADER: &'static [u8; 12] =
+pub const METADATA_HEADER: &[u8; 12] =
     &[0, 0, 0, 0, b'r', b'u', b's', b't', 0, 0, 0, METADATA_VERSION];
 
 /// A value of type T referred to by its absolute position
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/graphviz.rs b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/graphviz.rs
index 6896c91352fdd..f6a9d46b5e2cb 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/graphviz.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/dataflow/graphviz.rs
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ where MWF: MirWithFlowState<'tcx>,
                                          block: BasicBlock,
                                          mir: &Mir) -> io::Result<()> {
         // Header rows
-        const HDRS: [&'static str; 4] = ["ENTRY", "MIR", "BLOCK GENS", "BLOCK KILLS"];
-        const HDR_FMT: &'static str = "bgcolor=\"grey\"";
+        const HDRS: [&str; 4] = ["ENTRY", "MIR", "BLOCK GENS", "BLOCK KILLS"];
+        const HDR_FMT: &str = "bgcolor=\"grey\"";
         write!(w, "<table><tr><td rowspan=\"{}\">", HDRS.len())?;
         write!(w, "{:?}", block.index())?;
         write!(w, "</td></tr><tr>")?;
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc_mir/diagnostics.rs
index 56a9daf84f768..ec5617d705248 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/diagnostics.rs
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static X: i32 = 1;
 const C: i32 = 2;
 
 // these three are not allowed:
-const CR: &'static mut i32 = &mut C;
+const CR: &mut i32 = &mut C;
 static STATIC_REF: &'static mut i32 = &mut X;
 static CONST_REF: &'static mut i32 = &mut C;
 ```
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ You can also have this error while using a cell type:
 use std::cell::Cell;
 
 const A: Cell<usize> = Cell::new(1);
-const B: &'static Cell<usize> = &A;
+const B: &Cell<usize> = &A;
 // error: cannot borrow a constant which may contain interior mutability,
 //        create a static instead
 
@@ -1171,10 +1171,10 @@ const B: &'static Cell<usize> = &A;
 struct C { a: Cell<usize> }
 
 const D: C = C { a: Cell::new(1) };
-const E: &'static Cell<usize> = &D.a; // error
+const E: &Cell<usize> = &D.a; // error
 
 // or:
-const F: &'static C = &D; // error
+const F: &C = &D; // error
 ```
 
 This is because cell types do operations that are not thread-safe. Due to this,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/util/pretty.rs b/src/librustc_mir/util/pretty.rs
index c74492fe64936..2d7e7d01274f6 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/util/pretty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/util/pretty.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use super::graphviz::write_mir_fn_graphviz;
 use transform::MirSource;
 
-const INDENT: &'static str = "    ";
+const INDENT: &str = "    ";
 /// Alignment for lining up comments following MIR statements
 pub(crate) const ALIGN: usize = 40;
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_target/spec/mod.rs b/src/librustc_target/spec/mod.rs
index 5b8070cbf3d8e..5830fa00be8cb 100644
--- a/src/librustc_target/spec/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_target/spec/mod.rs
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ macro_rules! supported_targets {
         $(mod $module;)*
 
         /// List of supported targets
-        const TARGETS: &'static [&'static str] = &[$($triple),*];
+        const TARGETS: &[&str] = &[$($triple),*];
 
         fn load_specific(target: &str) -> TargetResult {
             match target {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
index fac7ff2bf342d..f41de99001a45 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_features {
         /// Represents active features that are currently being implemented or
         /// currently being considered for addition/removal.
         const ACTIVE_FEATURES:
-                &'static [(&'static str, &'static str, Option<u32>,
-                           Option<Edition>, fn(&mut Features, Span))] =
+            &[(&str, &str, Option<u32>, Option<Edition>, fn(&mut Features, Span))] =
             &[$((stringify!($feature), $ver, $issue, $edition, set!($feature))),+];
 
         /// A set of features to be used by later passes.
@@ -769,7 +768,7 @@ pub fn is_builtin_attr(attr: &ast::Attribute) -> bool {
 }
 
 // Attributes that have a special meaning to rustc or rustdoc
-pub const BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &'static [(&'static str, AttributeType, AttributeGate)] = &[
+pub const BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES: &[(&str, AttributeType, AttributeGate)] = &[
     // Normal attributes
 
     ("warn", Normal, Ungated),
@@ -1383,48 +1382,48 @@ fn leveled_feature_err<'a>(sess: &'a ParseSess, feature: &str, span: Span, issue
 
 }
 
-const EXPLAIN_BOX_SYNTAX: &'static str =
+const EXPLAIN_BOX_SYNTAX: &str =
     "box expression syntax is experimental; you can call `Box::new` instead.";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_STMT_ATTR_SYNTAX: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_STMT_ATTR_SYNTAX: &str =
     "attributes on expressions are experimental.";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_ASM: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_ASM: &str =
     "inline assembly is not stable enough for use and is subject to change";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_GLOBAL_ASM: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_GLOBAL_ASM: &str =
     "`global_asm!` is not stable enough for use and is subject to change";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_CUSTOM_TEST_FRAMEWORKS: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_CUSTOM_TEST_FRAMEWORKS: &str =
     "custom test frameworks are an unstable feature";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_LOG_SYNTAX: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_LOG_SYNTAX: &str =
     "`log_syntax!` is not stable enough for use and is subject to change";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_CONCAT_IDENTS: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_CONCAT_IDENTS: &str =
     "`concat_idents` is not stable enough for use and is subject to change";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_FORMAT_ARGS_NL: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_FORMAT_ARGS_NL: &str =
     "`format_args_nl` is only for internal language use and is subject to change";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_TRACE_MACROS: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_TRACE_MACROS: &str =
     "`trace_macros` is not stable enough for use and is subject to change";
-pub const EXPLAIN_ALLOW_INTERNAL_UNSTABLE: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_ALLOW_INTERNAL_UNSTABLE: &str =
     "allow_internal_unstable side-steps feature gating and stability checks";
-pub const EXPLAIN_ALLOW_INTERNAL_UNSAFE: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_ALLOW_INTERNAL_UNSAFE: &str =
     "allow_internal_unsafe side-steps the unsafe_code lint";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_CUSTOM_DERIVE: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_CUSTOM_DERIVE: &str =
     "`#[derive]` for custom traits is deprecated and will be removed in the future.";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_DEPR_CUSTOM_DERIVE: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_DEPR_CUSTOM_DERIVE: &str =
     "`#[derive]` for custom traits is deprecated and will be removed in the future. \
     Prefer using procedural macro custom derive.";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_DERIVE_UNDERSCORE: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_DERIVE_UNDERSCORE: &str =
     "attributes of the form `#[derive_*]` are reserved for the compiler";
 
-pub const EXPLAIN_UNSIZED_TUPLE_COERCION: &'static str =
+pub const EXPLAIN_UNSIZED_TUPLE_COERCION: &str =
     "unsized tuple coercion is not stable enough for use and is subject to change";
 
 struct PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
index a240604bfe0ad..4ff6048e82178 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ enum InnerAttributeParsePolicy<'a> {
     NotPermitted { reason: &'a str },
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_UNEXPECTED_INNER_ATTR_ERR_MSG: &'static str = "an inner attribute is not \
-                                                             permitted in this context";
+const DEFAULT_UNEXPECTED_INNER_ATTR_ERR_MSG: &str = "an inner attribute is not \
+                                                     permitted in this context";
 
 impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Parse attributes that appear before an item
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/unicode_chars.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/unicode_chars.rs
index 03bf1b5a4e1ed..8a620c8067d3c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/unicode_chars.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer/unicode_chars.rs
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ const UNICODE_ARRAY: &[(char, &str, char)] = &[
     ('＞', "Fullwidth Greater-Than Sign", '>'), ];
 
 
-const ASCII_ARRAY: &'static [(char, &'static str)] = &[
+const ASCII_ARRAY: &[(char, &str)] = &[
     (' ', "Space"),
     ('_', "Underscore"),
     ('-', "Minus/Hyphen"),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/asm.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/asm.rs
index 026ddccd7be97..2ff9fb487c4f2 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/asm.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/asm.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl State {
     }
 }
 
-const OPTIONS: &'static [&'static str] = &["volatile", "alignstack", "intel"];
+const OPTIONS: &[&str] = &["volatile", "alignstack", "intel"];
 
 pub fn expand_asm<'cx>(cx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt,
                        sp: Span,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/global_asm.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/global_asm.rs
index 1130a50537d01..000bede7348a5 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/global_asm.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/global_asm.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use syntax::symbol::Symbol;
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 use syntax::tokenstream;
 
-pub const MACRO: &'static str = "global_asm";
+pub const MACRO: &str = "global_asm";
 
 pub fn expand_global_asm<'cx>(cx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt,
                               sp: Span,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/proc_macro_decls.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/proc_macro_decls.rs
index c859275ed020c..f4ff0989b5d86 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/proc_macro_decls.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/proc_macro_decls.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ use syntax_pos::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
 
 use deriving;
 
-const PROC_MACRO_KINDS: [&'static str; 3] =
-    ["proc_macro_derive", "proc_macro_attribute", "proc_macro"];
+const PROC_MACRO_KINDS: [&str; 3] = ["proc_macro_derive", "proc_macro_attribute", "proc_macro"];
 
 struct ProcMacroDerive {
     trait_name: ast::Name,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_pos/edition.rs b/src/libsyntax_pos/edition.rs
index 5819cd7f480a0..54b2405440171 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_pos/edition.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_pos/edition.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub enum Edition {
 // must be in order from oldest to newest
 pub const ALL_EDITIONS: &[Edition] = &[Edition::Edition2015, Edition::Edition2018];
 
-pub const EDITION_NAME_LIST: &'static str = "2015|2018";
+pub const EDITION_NAME_LIST: &str = "2015|2018";
 
 pub const DEFAULT_EDITION: Edition = Edition::Edition2015;