diff --git a/src/value/ser.rs b/src/value/ser.rs
index c142dacbf..37e495f65 100644
--- a/src/value/ser.rs
+++ b/src/value/ser.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl serde::Serializer for Serializer {
         T: ?Sized + Serialize,
     {
         let mut values = Map::new();
-        values.insert(String::from(variant), tri!(to_value(&value)));
+        values.insert(String::from(variant), tri!(to_value(value)));
         Ok(Value::Object(values))
     }
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ impl serde::ser::SerializeSeq for SerializeVec {
     where
         T: ?Sized + Serialize,
     {
-        self.vec.push(tri!(to_value(&value)));
+        self.vec.push(tri!(to_value(value)));
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl serde::ser::SerializeTupleVariant for SerializeTupleVariant {
     where
         T: ?Sized + Serialize,
     {
-        self.vec.push(tri!(to_value(&value)));
+        self.vec.push(tri!(to_value(value)));
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ impl serde::ser::SerializeMap for SerializeMap {
                 // Panic because this indicates a bug in the program rather than an
                 // expected failure.
                 let key = key.expect("serialize_value called before serialize_key");
-                map.insert(key, tri!(to_value(&value)));
+                map.insert(key, tri!(to_value(value)));
                 Ok(())
             }
             #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary_precision")]
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ impl serde::ser::SerializeStructVariant for SerializeStructVariant {
     where
         T: ?Sized + Serialize,
     {
-        self.map.insert(String::from(key), tri!(to_value(&value)));
+        self.map.insert(String::from(key), tri!(to_value(value)));
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 0aeaff88d..396d55bc4 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ where
         let s = to_string(value).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(s, out);
 
-        let v = to_value(&value).unwrap();
+        let v = to_value(value).unwrap();
         let s = to_string(&v).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(s, out);
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ where
         let s = to_string_pretty(value).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(s, out);
 
-        let v = to_value(&value).unwrap();
+        let v = to_value(value).unwrap();
         let s = to_string_pretty(&v).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(s, out);
     }