diff --git a/src/expand/expand.rs b/src/expand/expand.rs
index 017e7a28e..d0b13f6cf 100644
--- a/src/expand/expand.rs
+++ b/src/expand/expand.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn next_tabstop(tabstops: &[usize], col: usize) -> usize {
     if tabstops.len() == 1 {
         tabstops[0] - col % tabstops[0]
     } else {
-        match tabstops.iter().skip_while(|&&t| t <= col).next() {
+        match tabstops.iter().find(|&&t| t > col) {
             Some(t) => t - col,
             None => 1,
         }
diff --git a/src/mv/mv.rs b/src/mv/mv.rs
index 445a2e4e9..807acedee 100644
--- a/src/mv/mv.rs
+++ b/src/mv/mv.rs
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ fn simple_backup_path(path: &PathBuf, suffix: &str) -> PathBuf {
 fn numbered_backup_path(path: &PathBuf) -> PathBuf {
     (1_u64..)
         .map(|i| path.with_extension(format!("~{}~", i)))
-        .skip_while(|p| p.exists())
-        .next()
+        .find(|p| !p.exists())
         .expect("cannot create backup")
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sort/sort.rs b/src/sort/sort.rs
index bddf26479..8340778b0 100644
--- a/src/sort/sort.rs
+++ b/src/sort/sort.rs
@@ -411,10 +411,8 @@ fn numeric_compare(a: &str, b: &str) -> Ordering {
 }
 
 fn human_numeric_convert(a: &str) -> f64 {
-    let int_iter = a.chars();
-    let suffix_iter = a.chars();
-    let int_str: String = int_iter.take_while(|c| c.is_numeric()).collect();
-    let suffix = suffix_iter.skip_while(|c| c.is_numeric()).next();
+    let int_str: String = a.chars().take_while(|c| c.is_numeric()).collect();
+    let suffix = a.chars().find(|c| !c.is_numeric());
     let int_part = match int_str.parse::<f64>() {
         Ok(i) => i,
         Err(_) => -1f64,
diff --git a/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs b/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs
index 15d380633..3c680f8c4 100644
--- a/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs
+++ b/src/unexpand/unexpand.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ fn next_tabstop(tabstops: &[usize], col: usize) -> Option<usize> {
         Some(tabstops[0] - col % tabstops[0])
     } else {
         // find next larger tab
-        match tabstops.iter().skip_while(|&&t| t <= col).next() {
+        match tabstops.iter().find(|&&t| t > col) {
             Some(t) => Some(t - col),
             None => None, // if there isn't one in the list, tab becomes a single space
         }