diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71524af9..75b1222b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ checksum = "3d7b894f5411737b7867f4827955924d7c254fc9f4d91a6aad6b097804b1018b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "conduit"
-version = "0.4.0-next"
+version = "0.5.0-alpha.next"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum",
diff --git a/src/api/client_server/media.rs b/src/api/client_server/media.rs
index ae023c95..fa6def0b 100644
--- a/src/api/client_server/media.rs
+++ b/src/api/client_server/media.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub async fn get_remote_content(
     services()
         .media
         .create(
-            mxc.to_string(),
+            mxc.to_owned(),
             content_response.content_disposition.as_deref(),
             content_response.content_type.as_deref(),
             &content_response.file,
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 3c3a764a..6b862bb6 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Config {
             ("Turn TTL", &self.turn_ttl.to_string()),
             ("Turn URIs", {
                 let mut lst = vec![];
-                for item in self.turn_uris.to_vec().into_iter().enumerate() {
+                for item in self.turn_uris.iter().cloned().enumerate() {
                     let (_, uri): (usize, String) = item;
                     lst.push(uri);
                 }
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Config {
             }),
         ];
 
-        let mut msg: String = "Active config values:\n\n".to_string();
+        let mut msg: String = "Active config values:\n\n".to_owned();
 
         for line in lines.into_iter().enumerate() {
             msg += &format!("{}: {}\n", line.1 .0, line.1 .1);
diff --git a/src/database/key_value/pusher.rs b/src/database/key_value/pusher.rs
index b203107c..50a6faca 100644
--- a/src/database/key_value/pusher.rs
+++ b/src/database/key_value/pusher.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ impl service::pusher::Data for KeyValueDatabase {
                 let mut key = sender.as_bytes().to_vec();
                 key.push(0xff);
                 key.extend_from_slice(ids.pushkey.as_bytes());
-                return self
-                    .senderkey_pusher
+                self.senderkey_pusher
                     .remove(&key)
                     .map(|_| ())
-                    .map_err(Into::into);
+                    .map_err(Into::into)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3d7f7ae9..dc6a9d2f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub use utils::error::{Error, Result};
 
 pub static SERVICES: RwLock<Option<&'static Services>> = RwLock::new(None);
 
-pub fn services<'a>() -> &'static Services {
+pub fn services() -> &'static Services {
     SERVICES
         .read()
         .unwrap()
diff --git a/src/service/admin/mod.rs b/src/service/admin/mod.rs
index 5766b2f2..e2b2fd8d 100644
--- a/src/service/admin/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/admin/mod.rs
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ impl Service {
                 }
             }
             AdminCommand::CreateUser { username, password } => {
-                let password = password.unwrap_or(utils::random_string(AUTO_GEN_PASSWORD_LENGTH));
+                let password =
+                    password.unwrap_or_else(|| utils::random_string(AUTO_GEN_PASSWORD_LENGTH));
                 // Validate user id
                 let user_id = match UserId::parse_with_server_name(
                     username.as_str().to_lowercase(),
@@ -732,9 +733,8 @@ impl Service {
                     }
 
                     for &user_id in &user_ids {
-                        match services().users.deactivate_account(user_id) {
-                            Ok(_) => deactivation_count += 1,
-                            Err(_) => {}
+                        if services().users.deactivate_account(user_id).is_ok() {
+                            deactivation_count += 1
                         }
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/service/pusher/mod.rs b/src/service/pusher/mod.rs
index cd11d71f..d3d157c7 100644
--- a/src/service/pusher/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/pusher/mod.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Service {
         self.db.get_pushers(sender)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_pushkeys<'a>(&'a self, sender: &UserId) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Result<String>>> {
+    pub fn get_pushkeys(&self, sender: &UserId) -> Box<dyn Iterator<Item = Result<String>>> {
         self.db.get_pushkeys(sender)
     }
 
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ impl Service {
                 Ok(())
             }
             // TODO: Handle email
-            PusherKind::Email(_) => return Ok(()),
-            _ => return Ok(()),
+            PusherKind::Email(_) => Ok(()),
+            _ => Ok(()),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/service/rooms/search/data.rs b/src/service/rooms/search/data.rs
index 82c08004..6eef38fb 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/search/data.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/search/data.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::Result;
 use ruma::RoomId;
 
 pub trait Data: Send + Sync {
-    fn index_pdu<'a>(&self, shortroomid: u64, pdu_id: &[u8], message_body: &str) -> Result<()>;
+    fn index_pdu(&self, shortroomid: u64, pdu_id: &[u8], message_body: &str) -> Result<()>;
 
     fn search_pdus<'a>(
         &'a self,
diff --git a/src/service/rooms/state/data.rs b/src/service/rooms/state/data.rs
index f52ea72b..96116b02 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/state/data.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/state/data.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub trait Data: Send + Sync {
     fn get_forward_extremities(&self, room_id: &RoomId) -> Result<HashSet<Arc<EventId>>>;
 
     /// Replace the forward extremities of the room.
-    fn set_forward_extremities<'a>(
+    fn set_forward_extremities(
         &self,
         room_id: &RoomId,
         event_ids: Vec<OwnedEventId>,
diff --git a/src/service/rooms/state/mod.rs b/src/service/rooms/state/mod.rs
index 0e450322..3072b80f 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/state/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/state/mod.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ impl Service {
         self.db.get_forward_extremities(room_id)
     }
 
-    pub fn set_forward_extremities<'a>(
+    pub fn set_forward_extremities(
         &self,
         room_id: &RoomId,
         event_ids: Vec<OwnedEventId>,
diff --git a/src/service/rooms/user/mod.rs b/src/service/rooms/user/mod.rs
index 2266d97a..672e502d 100644
--- a/src/service/rooms/user/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/rooms/user/mod.rs
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ impl Service {
         self.db.get_token_shortstatehash(room_id, token)
     }
 
-    pub fn get_shared_rooms<'a>(
-        &'a self,
+    pub fn get_shared_rooms(
+        &self,
         users: Vec<OwnedUserId>,
-    ) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = Result<OwnedRoomId>> + 'a> {
+    ) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = Result<OwnedRoomId>>> {
         self.db.get_shared_rooms(users)
     }
 }