diff --git a/src/printf/cli.rs b/src/printf/cli.rs
index 83f3f598c..a6d185017 100644
--- a/src/printf/cli.rs
+++ b/src/printf/cli.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub fn err_msg(msg: &str) {
 // by default stdout only flushes
 // to console when a newline is passed.
 #[allow(unused_must_use)]
-pub fn flush_char(c: &char) {
+pub fn flush_char(c: char) {
     print!("{}", c);
     stdout().flush();
 }
diff --git a/src/printf/tokenize/unescaped_text.rs b/src/printf/tokenize/unescaped_text.rs
index ffb84ed50..c036af5b6 100644
--- a/src/printf/tokenize/unescaped_text.rs
+++ b/src/printf/tokenize/unescaped_text.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ impl UnescapedText {
                         // lazy branch eval
                         // remember this fn could be called
                         // many times in a single exec through %b
-                        cli::flush_char(&ch);
+                        cli::flush_char(ch);
                         tmp_str.push(ch);
                     }
                     '\\' => {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl UnescapedText {
                     x if x == '%' && !subs_mode => {
                         if let Some(follow) = it.next() {
                             if follow == '%' {
-                                cli::flush_char(&ch);
+                                cli::flush_char(ch);
                                 tmp_str.push(ch);
                             } else {
                                 it.put_back(follow);
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl UnescapedText {
                         }
                     }
                     _ => {
-                        cli::flush_char(&ch);
+                        cli::flush_char(ch);
                         tmp_str.push(ch);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/tail/tail.rs b/src/tail/tail.rs
index 1a7714901..c88caee7e 100755
--- a/src/tail/tail.rs
+++ b/src/tail/tail.rs
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ fn is_seekable<T: Seek>(file: &mut T) -> bool {
 }
 
 #[inline]
-fn print_byte<T: Write>(stdout: &mut T, ch: &u8) {
-    if let Err(err) = stdout.write(&[*ch]) {
+fn print_byte<T: Write>(stdout: &mut T, ch: u8) {
+    if let Err(err) = stdout.write(&[ch]) {
         crash!(1, "{}", err);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tr/tr.rs b/src/tr/tr.rs
index b2f81db99..42566141a 100644
--- a/src/tr/tr.rs
+++ b/src/tr/tr.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 const BUFFER_LEN: usize = 1024;
 
 trait SymbolTranslator {
-    fn translate(&self, c: &char, prev_c: &char) -> Option<char>;
+    fn translate(&self, c: char, prev_c: char) -> Option<char>;
 }
 
 struct DeleteOperation {
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ impl DeleteOperation {
 }
 
 impl SymbolTranslator for DeleteOperation {
-    fn translate(&self, c: &char, _prev_c: &char) -> Option<char> {
-        let uc = *c as usize;
+    fn translate(&self, c: char, _prev_c: char) -> Option<char> {
+        let uc = c as usize;
         if self.complement == self.bset.contains(uc) {
-            Some(*c)
+            Some(c)
         } else {
             None
         }
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ impl SqueezeOperation {
 }
 
 impl SymbolTranslator for SqueezeOperation {
-    fn translate(&self, c: &char, prev_c: &char) -> Option<char> {
-        if *prev_c == *c && self.complement != self.squeeze_set.contains(*c as usize) {
+    fn translate(&self, c: char, prev_c: char) -> Option<char> {
+        if prev_c == c && self.complement != self.squeeze_set.contains(c as usize) {
             None
         } else {
-            Some(*c)
+            Some(c)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ impl DeleteAndSqueezeOperation {
 }
 
 impl SymbolTranslator for DeleteAndSqueezeOperation {
-    fn translate(&self, c: &char, prev_c: &char) -> Option<char> {
-        if self.complement != self.delete_set.contains(*c as usize)
-            || *prev_c == *c && self.squeeze_set.contains(*c as usize)
+    fn translate(&self, c: char, prev_c: char) -> Option<char> {
+        if self.complement != self.delete_set.contains(c as usize)
+            || prev_c == c && self.squeeze_set.contains(c as usize)
         {
             None
         } else {
-            Some(*c)
+            Some(c)
         }
     }
 }
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ impl TranslateOperation {
 }
 
 impl SymbolTranslator for TranslateOperation {
-    fn translate(&self, c: &char, _prev_c: &char) -> Option<char> {
-        Some(*self.translate_map.get(&(*c as usize)).unwrap_or(c))
+    fn translate(&self, c: char, _prev_c: char) -> Option<char> {
+        Some(*self.translate_map.get(&(c as usize)).unwrap_or(&c))
     }
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fn translate_input<T: SymbolTranslator>(
         {
             // isolation to make borrow checker happy
             let filtered = buf.chars().filter_map(|c| {
-                let res = translator.translate(&c, &prev_c);
+                let res = translator.translate(c, prev_c);
                 if res.is_some() {
                     prev_c = c;
                 }