diff --git a/serde_derive_internals/src/ast.rs b/serde_derive_internals/src/ast.rs
index 8fb9a83b..2ba1f5d9 100644
--- a/serde_derive_internals/src/ast.rs
+++ b/serde_derive_internals/src/ast.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ fn fields_from_ast<'a>(
             ident: field.ident,
             attrs: attr::Field::from_ast(cx, i, field, attrs, container_default),
             ty: &field.ty,
-            original: &field,
+            original: field,
         })
         .collect()
 }
diff --git a/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs b/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs
index c32c256c..7081907e 100644
--- a/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs
+++ b/serde_derive_internals/src/attr.rs
@@ -1167,7 +1167,9 @@ fn parse_lit_into_lifetimes(
         }
         return Ok(set);
     }
-    Err(cx.error(format!("failed to parse borrowed lifetimes: {:?}", string.value())))
+
+    cx.error(format!("failed to parse borrowed lifetimes: {:?}", string.value()));
+    Err(())
 }
 
 // Whether the type looks like it might be `std::borrow::Cow<T>` where elem="T".
@@ -1289,7 +1291,8 @@ fn borrowable_lifetimes(
     let mut lifetimes = BTreeSet::new();
     collect_lifetimes(ty, &mut lifetimes);
     if lifetimes.is_empty() {
-        Err(cx.error(format!("field `{}` has no lifetimes to borrow", name)))
+        cx.error(format!("field `{}` has no lifetimes to borrow", name));
+        Err(())
     } else {
         Ok(lifetimes)
     }
diff --git a/serde_derive_internals/src/lib.rs b/serde_derive_internals/src/lib.rs
index c1630a9e..0119d7f7 100644
--- a/serde_derive_internals/src/lib.rs
+++ b/serde_derive_internals/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/serde_derive_internals/0.19.0")]
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(cyclomatic_complexity, doc_markdown, match_same_arms, unit_expr))]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(cyclomatic_complexity, doc_markdown, match_same_arms))]
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate syn;