diff --git a/tokio-postgres/src/connect.rs b/tokio-postgres/src/connect.rs
index db2ddc85..f529ddbb 100644
--- a/tokio-postgres/src/connect.rs
+++ b/tokio-postgres/src/connect.rs
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ where
 
     let mut error = None;
     for (i, host) in config.host.iter().enumerate() {
-        let port = *config
+        let port = config
             .port
             .get(i)
             .or_else(|| config.port.get(0))
-            .unwrap_or(&5432);
+            .copied()
+            .unwrap_or(5432);
 
         let hostname = match host {
-            Host::Tcp(host) => &**host,
+            Host::Tcp(host) => host.as_str(),
             // postgres doesn't support TLS over unix sockets, so the choice here doesn't matter
             #[cfg(unix)]
             Host::Unix(_) => "",