diff --git a/serde/src/de/mod.rs b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
index 21cfd041..b86ebe5e 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -486,13 +486,13 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Expected for &'a str {
+impl Expected for &str {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         formatter.write_str(self)
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Display for Expected + 'a {
+impl Display for Expected + '_ {
     fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         Expected::fmt(self, formatter)
     }
@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@ pub trait SeqAccess<'de> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'de, 'a, A> SeqAccess<'de> for &'a mut A
+impl<'de, A> SeqAccess<'de> for &mut A
 where
     A: ?Sized + SeqAccess<'de>,
 {
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ pub trait MapAccess<'de> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'de, 'a, A> MapAccess<'de> for &'a mut A
+impl<'de, A> MapAccess<'de> for &mut A
 where
     A: ?Sized + MapAccess<'de>,
 {
diff --git a/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs b/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs
index 04684ade..4b1549f0 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/fmt.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ macro_rules! fmt_primitives {
 ///     }
 /// }
 /// ```
-impl<'a, 'b> Serializer for &'a mut fmt::Formatter<'b> {
+impl<'a> Serializer for &mut fmt::Formatter<'a> {
     type Ok = ();
     type Error = fmt::Error;
     type SerializeSeq = Impossible<(), fmt::Error>;
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/symbol.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/symbol.rs
index 572391a8..59ef8de7 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/symbol.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/symbol.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl PartialEq<Symbol> for Ident {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> PartialEq<Symbol> for &'a Ident {
+impl PartialEq<Symbol> for &Ident {
     fn eq(&self, word: &Symbol) -> bool {
         *self == word.0
     }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl PartialEq<Symbol> for Path {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> PartialEq<Symbol> for &'a Path {
+impl PartialEq<Symbol> for &Path {
     fn eq(&self, word: &Symbol) -> bool {
         self.is_ident(word.0)
     }