diff --git a/src/prelude.rs b/src/prelude.rs
index 8ab04f3..c0692bc 100644
--- a/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/prelude.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 pub use core::prelude::v1::*;
 
-pub use alloc::borrow::ToOwned;
-pub use alloc::boxed::Box;
 pub use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 pub use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
@@ -9,5 +7,3 @@ pub use alloc::format;
 pub use alloc::vec;
 
 // Those are exported by default in the std prelude in Rust 2021
-pub use core::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-pub use core::iter::FromIterator;
diff --git a/src/proof_serializers/direct_hashes_order.rs b/src/proof_serializers/direct_hashes_order.rs
index 6ab9733..cd1cdf4 100644
--- a/src/proof_serializers/direct_hashes_order.rs
+++ b/src/proof_serializers/direct_hashes_order.rs
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ impl MerkleProofSerializer for DirectHashesOrder {
             let slice = bytes
                 .get(slice_start..slice_end)
                 .ok_or_else(Error::vec_to_hash_conversion_error)?;
-            let vec =
-                Vec::<u8>::try_from(slice).map_err(|_| Error::vec_to_hash_conversion_error())?;
+            let vec = Vec::from(slice);
             match T::Hash::try_from(vec) {
                 Ok(val) => proof_hashes_slices.push(val),
                 Err(_) => return Err(Error::vec_to_hash_conversion_error()),
diff --git a/src/proof_serializers/reverse_hashes_order.rs b/src/proof_serializers/reverse_hashes_order.rs
index 231c0c4..5f8a4d1 100644
--- a/src/proof_serializers/reverse_hashes_order.rs
+++ b/src/proof_serializers/reverse_hashes_order.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ impl MerkleProofSerializer for ReverseHashesOrder {
             let slice = bytes
                 .get(slice_start..slice_end)
                 .ok_or_else(Error::vec_to_hash_conversion_error)?;
-            let vec =
-                Vec::<u8>::try_from(slice).map_err(|_| Error::vec_to_hash_conversion_error())?;
+            let vec = Vec::from(slice);
             match T::Hash::try_from(vec) {
                 Ok(val) => proof_hashes_slices.push(val),
                 Err(_) => return Err(Error::vec_to_hash_conversion_error()),
diff --git a/src/utils/collections.rs b/src/utils/collections.rs
index 541573f..29a3d6c 100644
--- a/src/utils/collections.rs
+++ b/src/utils/collections.rs
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ pub fn to_hex_string<T: Clone + Into<Vec<u8>>>(bytes: &T) -> String {
 /// containing the difference. This function preserves the first
 /// vector order.
 pub fn difference<T: Clone + PartialEq>(a: &[T], b: &[T]) -> Vec<T> {
-    a.iter().cloned().filter(|x| !b.contains(x)).collect()
+    a.iter().filter(|&x| !b.contains(x)).cloned().collect()
 }
diff --git a/tests/common.rs b/tests/common.rs
index 42f5a4d..37f521f 100644
--- a/tests/common.rs
+++ b/tests/common.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn combine<T: Clone>(active: Vec<T>, rest: Vec<T>, mut combinations: Vec<Vec<T>>
     } else {
         let mut next = active.clone();
 
-        if let Some(first) = rest.get(0) {
+        if let Some(first) = rest.first() {
             next.push(first.clone());
         }
 
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ pub fn setup_proof_test_cases() -> Vec<ProofTestCases> {
                 .collect();
             let merkle_tree = MerkleTree::<Sha256>::from_leaves(&leaves);
 
-            let case = ProofTestCases { merkle_tree, cases };
-            case
+            ProofTestCases { merkle_tree, cases }
         })
         .collect()
 }
diff --git a/tests/merkle_proof_test.rs b/tests/merkle_proof_test.rs
index b40b712..87e86ee 100644
--- a/tests/merkle_proof_test.rs
+++ b/tests/merkle_proof_test.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub mod root {
 
         let leaves_to_prove: Vec<[u8; 32]> = indices_to_prove
             .iter()
-            .map(|i| leaf_hashes.get(*i).unwrap().clone())
+            .map(|i| *leaf_hashes.get(*i).unwrap())
             .collect();
 
         let merkle_tree = MerkleTree::<Sha256>::from_leaves(&test_data.leaf_hashes);
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub mod to_bytes {
 }
 
 pub mod from_bytes {
-    use crate::common;
+
     use rs_merkle::{algorithms::Sha256, Error, MerkleProof};
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/tests/merkle_tree_test.rs b/tests/merkle_tree_test.rs
index f3da7b6..e983fd6 100644
--- a/tests/merkle_tree_test.rs
+++ b/tests/merkle_tree_test.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub mod proof {
 
 pub mod commit {
     use crate::common;
-    use rs_merkle::{algorithms::Sha256, Error, Hasher, MerkleTree};
+    use rs_merkle::{algorithms::Sha256, Hasher, MerkleTree};
 
     #[test]
     pub fn should_give_correct_root_after_commit() {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub mod commit {
 
         // Passing empty vec to create an empty tree
         let mut merkle_tree = MerkleTree::<Sha256>::from_leaves(&vec);
-        let merkle_tree2 = MerkleTree::<Sha256>::from_leaves(&leaf_hashes);
+        let merkle_tree2 = MerkleTree::<Sha256>::from_leaves(leaf_hashes);
         // Adding leaves
         merkle_tree.append(leaf_hashes.clone().as_mut());
         let root = merkle_tree.uncommitted_root_hex();
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ pub mod commit {
 }
 
 pub mod rollback {
-    use crate::common;
+
     use rs_merkle::{algorithms::Sha256, Hasher, MerkleTree};
 
     #[test]