diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index 3e5ec3b84..281af521c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ jobs:
         command: test
         args: --target=${{ matrix.job.target }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_TEST_OPTIONS}} ${{ matrix.job.cargo-options }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION }}
     - name: Archive executable artifacts
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}-${{ matrix.job.target }}
         path: target/${{ matrix.job.target }}/release/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}${{ steps.vars.outputs.EXE_suffix }}
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 090709c00..3c04a55e5 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ fn copy_source(
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-fn adjust_canonicalization<'a>(p: &'a Path) -> Cow<'a, Path> {
+fn adjust_canonicalization(p: &Path) -> Cow<Path> {
     // In some cases, \\? can be missing on some Windows paths.  Add it at the
     // beginning unless the path is prefixed with a device namespace.
     const VERBATIM_PREFIX: &str = r#"\\?"#;
diff --git a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
index 904ed9095..bba5cea39 100644
--- a/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
+++ b/src/uu/split/src/split.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ impl Splitter for ByteSplitter {
             self.bytes_to_write = self.saved_bytes_to_write;
             control.request_new_file = true;
             self.require_whole_line = false;
-            return line[0..0].to_owned();
+            return "".to_owned();
         }
         self.bytes_to_write -= n;
         if n == 0 {
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index a75287d97..f715f9e7c 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fn options(args: &[String]) -> Result<Options> {
 
     opts.parse(&args[1..])
         .map_err(|e| Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, format!("{}", e)))
-        .and_then(|m| {
+        .map(|m| {
             let version = format!("{} {}", NAME, VERSION);
             let arguments = "[OPTION]... [FILE]...";
             let brief = "Copy standard input to each FILE, and also to standard output.";
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ fn options(args: &[String]) -> Result<Options> {
             } else {
                 None
             };
-            Ok(Options {
+            Options {
                 program: NAME.to_owned(),
                 append: m.opt_present("append"),
                 ignore_interrupts: m.opt_present("ignore-interrupts"),
                 print_and_exit: to_print,
                 files: names,
-            })
+            }
         })
         .map_err(|message| warn(format!("{}", message).as_ref()))
 }