diff --git a/src/ls/ls.rs b/src/ls/ls.rs
index 9bbc8b338..eef3b8945 100644
--- a/src/ls/ls.rs
+++ b/src/ls/ls.rs
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ static DEFAULT_COLORS: &str = "rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do
 lazy_static! {
     static ref LS_COLORS: String = std::env::var("LS_COLORS").unwrap_or_else(|_| DEFAULT_COLORS.to_string());
     static ref COLOR_MAP: HashMap<&'static str, &'static str> = {
-        let codes = LS_COLORS.split(":");
+        let codes = LS_COLORS.split(':');
         let mut map = HashMap::new();
         for c in codes {
-            let p: Vec<_> = c.split("=").collect();
+            let p: Vec<_> = c.split('=').collect();
             if p.len() == 2 {
                 map.insert(p[0], p[1]);
             }
diff --git a/src/numfmt/numfmt.rs b/src/numfmt/numfmt.rs
index 5a6eedc7a..a8174438f 100644
--- a/src/numfmt/numfmt.rs
+++ b/src/numfmt/numfmt.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for DisplayableSuffix {
 }
 
 fn parse_suffix(s: String) -> Result<(f64, Option<Suffix>)> {
-    let with_i = s.ends_with("i");
+    let with_i = s.ends_with('i');
     let mut iter = s.chars();
     if with_i {
         iter.next_back();
diff --git a/src/od/parse_formats.rs b/src/od/parse_formats.rs
index ec6370f43..76f472414 100644
--- a/src/od/parse_formats.rs
+++ b/src/od/parse_formats.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub fn parse_format_flags(args: &Vec<String>) -> Result<Vec<ParsedFormatterItemI
             if arg == "--format" {
                 expect_type_string = true;
             }
-        } else if arg.starts_with("-") {
+        } else if arg.starts_with('-') {
             let flags = arg.chars().skip(1);
             let mut format_spec = String::new();
             for c in flags {
diff --git a/src/od/parse_inputs.rs b/src/od/parse_inputs.rs
index 81409732e..033a2e4b3 100644
--- a/src/od/parse_inputs.rs
+++ b/src/od/parse_inputs.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn parse_inputs(matches: &dyn CommandLineOpts) -> Result<CommandLineInputs,
             match offset {
                 Ok(n) => {
                     // if there is just 1 input (stdin), an offset must start with '+'
-                    if input_strings.len() == 1 && input_strings[0].starts_with("+") {
+                    if input_strings.len() == 1 && input_strings[0].starts_with('+') {
                         return Ok(CommandLineInputs::FileAndOffset(("-".to_string(), n, None)));
                     }
                     if input_strings.len() == 2 {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub fn parse_offset_operand(s: &str) -> Result<usize, &'static str> {
     let mut radix = 8;
     let mut multiply = 1;
 
-    if s.starts_with("+") {
+    if s.starts_with('+') {
         start += 1;
     }
 
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ pub fn parse_offset_operand(s: &str) -> Result<usize, &'static str> {
         start += 2;
         radix = 16;
     } else {
-        if s[start..len].ends_with("b") {
+        if s[start..len].ends_with('b') {
             len -= 1;
             multiply = 512;
         }
-        if s[start..len].ends_with(".") {
+        if s[start..len].ends_with('.') {
             len -= 1;
             radix = 10;
         }
diff --git a/src/od/parse_nrofbytes.rs b/src/od/parse_nrofbytes.rs
index 766e0924d..d2ba1527b 100644
--- a/src/od/parse_nrofbytes.rs
+++ b/src/od/parse_nrofbytes.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub fn parse_number_of_bytes(s: &str) -> Result<usize, &'static str> {
     if s.starts_with("0x") || s.starts_with("0X") {
         start = 2;
         radix = 16;
-    } else if s.starts_with("0") {
+    } else if s.starts_with('0') {
         radix = 8;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/seq/seq.rs b/src/seq/seq.rs
index 9c07bc5ec..2558f5122 100644
--- a/src/seq/seq.rs
+++ b/src/seq/seq.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct SeqOptions {
 }
 
 fn parse_float(mut s: &str) -> Result<f64, String> {
-    if s.starts_with("+") {
+    if s.starts_with('+') {
         s = &s[1..];
     }
     match s.parse() {