diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs b/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs
index 465d6abd2c0..89f27f1019a 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/cli.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub fn main(config: &mut Config) -> CliResult {
                         _ => None,
                     })
                     .expect("UnrecognizedSubcommand implies the presence of InvalidSubcommand");
-                return super::execute_external_subcommand(config, &cmd, &[&cmd, "--help"])
+                return super::execute_external_subcommand(config, cmd, &[cmd, "--help"])
                     .map_err(|_| e.into());
             } else {
                 return Err(e.into());
diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs
index 757405423d1..6d6dc3a5f78 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ fn display_no_run_information(
             path,
             script_meta,
             test_args,
-            &compilation,
+            compilation,
             exec_type,
         )?;
         config