diff --git a/console-subscriber/src/stats.rs b/console-subscriber/src/stats.rs
index 24848307d..2bce3c085 100644
--- a/console-subscriber/src/stats.rs
+++ b/console-subscriber/src/stats.rs
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ impl AsyncOpStats {
     pub(crate) fn task_id(&self) -> Option<u64> {
         let id = self.task_id.load();
         if id > 0 {
-            Some(id as u64)
+            Some(id)
         } else {
             None
         }
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 807dd2f1f..4e07a0509 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fn gen_proto() -> Result<()> {
         .build_server(true)
         .emit_rerun_if_changed(false)
         .protoc_arg("--experimental_allow_proto3_optional")
-        .out_dir(&out_dir)
+        .out_dir(out_dir)
         .compile(&proto_files[..], &[proto_dir])
         .context("failed to compile protobuf files")
 }