diff --git a/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs b/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs
index 63ee57272..8d85dc85e 100644
--- a/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dirname/src/dirname.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
+// Clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/7422
+#![allow(clippy::nonstandard_macro_braces)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 
diff --git a/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs b/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
index b0f68968d..180c4d2e5 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hostid/src/hostid.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) gethostid
 
+// Clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/7422
+#![allow(clippy::nonstandard_macro_braces)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 
diff --git a/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs b/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs
index 69602fc0a..14f8b9df2 100644
--- a/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hostname/src/hostname.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) MAKEWORD addrs hashset
 
+// Clippy bug: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/7422
+#![allow(clippy::nonstandard_macro_braces)]
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 
@@ -14,6 +17,8 @@ use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use std::collections::hash_set::HashSet;
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
 use std::str;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use uucore::error::UUsageError;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -37,7 +42,10 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         #[allow(deprecated)]
         let mut data = std::mem::uninitialized();
         if WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &mut data as *mut _) != 0 {
-            return Err(USimpleError::new(1, format!("Failed to start Winsock 2.2")));
+            return Err(UUsageError::new(
+                1,
+                "Failed to start Winsock 2.2".to_string(),
+            ));
         }
     }
     let result = execute(args);