diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 5f1e97d..9c85c2e 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ fn main() {
     ));
 
     // Integer is a dummy placeholder. Compiling fails when passing ().
-    diesel::expression::sql_literal::sql::<(diesel::sql_types::Integer)>(
-        "PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON",
-    )
-    .execute(&connection)
-    .expect("Should be able to enable foreign keys");
+    diesel::expression::sql_literal::sql::<diesel::sql_types::Integer>("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON")
+        .execute(&connection)
+        .expect("Should be able to enable foreign keys");
 
     sqlfunc::markdown_to_fts::register_impl(&connection, |_: String| -> String { unreachable!() })
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index e756b9d..f81d2e3 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub mod sqlfunc {
 
 impl CustomizeConnection<SqliteConnection, r2d2_diesel::Error> for SqliteInitializer {
     fn on_acquire(&self, conn: &mut SqliteConnection) -> Result<(), r2d2_diesel::Error> {
-        sql::<(Integer)>("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON")
+        sql::<Integer>("PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON")
             .execute(conn)
             .map_err(|x| r2d2_diesel::Error::QueryError(x))?;
 
diff --git a/src/resources/changes_resource.rs b/src/resources/changes_resource.rs
index 6da7626..cc7dd94 100644
--- a/src/resources/changes_resource.rs
+++ b/src/resources/changes_resource.rs
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ impl Resource for ChangesResource {
         let head = self.head();
 
         Box::new(data.join(head).and_then(move |(mut data, head)| {
-            use std::iter::Iterator;
-
             let extra_element = if data.len() > self.limit as usize {
                 data.pop()
             } else {
diff --git a/src/resources/pagination.rs b/src/resources/pagination.rs
index 361e0a2..26235ca 100644
--- a/src/resources/pagination.rs
+++ b/src/resources/pagination.rs
@@ -8,15 +8,11 @@ pub struct Error;
 
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
-        write!(f, "{}", (self as &dyn error::Error).description())
+        write!(f, "`after` and `before` are mutually exclusive")
     }
 }
 
-impl error::Error for Error {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
-        "`after` and `before` are mutually exclusive"
-    }
-}
+impl error::Error for Error {}
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct PaginationStruct<T> {
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 99f0a44..9608890 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ fn decide_slug(
         &base_slug
     };
 
-    use crate::schema::article_revisions;
-
     let mut slug = base_slug.to_owned();
     let mut disambiguator = 1;
 
@@ -125,8 +123,6 @@ impl<'a> SyncState<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn get_article_slug(&self, article_id: i32) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
-        use crate::schema::article_revisions;
-
         Ok(article_revisions::table
             .filter(article_revisions::article_id.eq(article_id))
             .filter(article_revisions::latest.eq(true))
@@ -140,8 +136,6 @@ impl<'a> SyncState<'a> {
         article_id: i32,
         revision: i32,
     ) -> Result<Option<models::ArticleRevision>, Error> {
-        use crate::schema::article_revisions;
-
         Ok(article_revisions::table
             .filter(article_revisions::article_id.eq(article_id))
             .filter(article_revisions::revision.eq(revision))
@@ -181,8 +175,6 @@ impl<'a> SyncState<'a> {
         article_id: i32,
         revision: i32,
     ) -> Result<Option<models::ArticleRevisionStub>, Error> {
-        use crate::schema::article_revisions;
-
         Ok(self
             .query_article_revision_stubs(move |query| {
                 query
@@ -202,8 +194,6 @@ impl<'a> SyncState<'a> {
         }
 
         self.db_connection.transaction(|| {
-            use crate::schema::article_revisions;
-
             Ok(
                 match article_revisions::table
                     .filter(article_revisions::slug.eq(slug))
@@ -327,8 +317,6 @@ impl<'a> SyncState<'a> {
         }
 
         self.db_connection.transaction(|| {
-            use crate::schema::article_revisions;
-
             let (latest_revision, prev_title, prev_slug, prev_theme) = article_revisions::table
                 .filter(article_revisions::article_id.eq(article_id))
                 .order(article_revisions::revision.desc())
@@ -424,9 +412,9 @@ impl<'a> SyncState<'a> {
             let article_id = {
                 use diesel::expression::sql_literal::sql;
                 // Diesel and SQLite are a bit in disagreement for how this should look:
-                sql::<(diesel::sql_types::Integer)>("INSERT INTO articles VALUES (null)")
+                sql::<diesel::sql_types::Integer>("INSERT INTO articles VALUES (null)")
                     .execute(self.db_connection)?;
-                sql::<(diesel::sql_types::Integer)>("SELECT LAST_INSERT_ROWID()")
+                sql::<diesel::sql_types::Integer>("SELECT LAST_INSERT_ROWID()")
                     .load::<i32>(self.db_connection)?
                     .pop()
                     .expect("Statement must evaluate to an integer")