diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 66620c7..b8c86ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixes
+
+* Fix clippy lint `needless_borrow` ([#526])
+
 ### Dependency Updates
 
 * Updated [`bytes`](https://github.com/tokio-rs/bytes) from 1.2.1 to 1.3.0 ([#519])
 
 [#519]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/519
+[#526]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/526
 
 ## [0.27.0] 2022-10-21
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bf4fca8..178d239 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@ where
         info!("Deleting cache and repository");
         let cache_dir = format!("{}/{}.json", &state.cache(), repo);
         let repo_dir = format!("{}/{}", &state.repos(), repo);
-        std::fs::remove_file(&cache_dir).or_else(|e| {
+        std::fs::remove_file(cache_dir).or_else(|e| {
             if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
                 Ok(())
             } else {
                 Err(e)
             }
         })?;
-        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&repo_dir).or_else(|e| {
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(repo_dir).or_else(|e| {
             if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
                 Ok(())
             } else {