diff --git a/examples/circuit-layout.rs b/examples/circuit-layout.rs
index 6020686..93ad054 100644
--- a/examples/circuit-layout.rs
+++ b/examples/circuit-layout.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use halo2::{
 use plotters::prelude::*;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
+#[allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)]
 fn main() {
     /// This represents an advice column at a certain row in the ConstraintSystem
     #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
 
     let a = Fp::rand();
-    let a_squared = a * &a;
+    let a_squared = a * a;
     let aux = Fp::one() + Fp::one();
     let lookup_table = vec![aux, a, a, Fp::zero()];
     let lookup_table_2 = vec![Fp::zero(), a, a_squared, Fp::zero()];
diff --git a/src/dev/graph/layout.rs b/src/dev/graph/layout.rs
index 7131680..78c8657 100644
--- a/src/dev/graph/layout.rs
+++ b/src/dev/graph/layout.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn circuit_layout<F: Field, ConcreteCircuit: Circuit<F>, DB: DrawingBackend>
         if let Some(offset) = region.offset {
             // Sort the region's columns according to the defined ordering.
             let mut columns: Vec<_> = region.columns.into_iter().collect();
-            columns.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| column_index(a).cmp(&column_index(b)));
+            columns.sort_unstable_by_key(|a| column_index(a));
 
             // Render contiguous parts of the same region as a single box.
             let mut width = None;