diff --git a/src/config/media_pool.rs b/src/config/media_pool.rs
index e7d66f42..5e1184e3 100644
--- a/src/config/media_pool.rs
+++ b/src/config/media_pool.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ fn init() -> SectionConfig {
     config
 }
 
-pub const MEDIA_POOL_CFG_FILENAME: &'static str = "/etc/proxmox-backup/media-pool.cfg";
-pub const MEDIA_POOL_CFG_LOCKFILE: &'static str = "/etc/proxmox-backup/.media-pool.lck";
+pub const MEDIA_POOL_CFG_FILENAME: &str = "/etc/proxmox-backup/media-pool.cfg";
+pub const MEDIA_POOL_CFG_LOCKFILE: &str = "/etc/proxmox-backup/.media-pool.lck";
 
 pub fn lock() -> Result<std::fs::File, Error> {
     open_file_locked(MEDIA_POOL_CFG_LOCKFILE, std::time::Duration::new(10, 0), true)
diff --git a/src/tape/drive/mam.rs b/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
index 1153863e..7aaa62b8 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/mam.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum MamFormat {
     DEC,
 }
 
-static MAM_ATTRIBUTES: &'static [ (u16, u16, MamFormat, &'static str) ] = &[
+static MAM_ATTRIBUTES: &[ (u16, u16, MamFormat, &str) ] = &[
     (0x00_00, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Remaining Capacity In Partition"),
     (0x00_01, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Maximum Capacity In Partition"),
     (0x00_02, 8, MamFormat::DEC, "Tapealert Flags"),