diff --git a/funnel-udf/src/steps.rs b/funnel-udf/src/steps.rs
index 9330caf4e1c..21d6fb84e62 100644
--- a/funnel-udf/src/steps.rs
+++ b/funnel-udf/src/steps.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ENTERED_TIMESTAMP: EnteredTimestamp = EnteredTimestamp {
 };
 
 pub fn process_line(line: &str) -> Value {
-    let args = parse_args(&line);
+    let args = parse_args(line);
     let mut aggregate_funnel_row = AggregateFunnelRow {
         results: Vec::with_capacity(args.prop_vals.len()),
         breakdown_step: Option::None,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl AggregateFunnelRow {
                 self.process_event(
                     args,
                     &mut vars,
-                    &events_with_same_timestamp[0],
+                    events_with_same_timestamp[0],
                     prop_val,
                     false
                 );
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ impl AggregateFunnelRow {
                         args,
                         &mut vars,
                         &event,
-                        &prop_val,
+                        prop_val,
                         true
                     );
                 }
@@ -261,4 +261,4 @@ impl AggregateFunnelRow {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/funnel-udf/src/trends.rs b/funnel-udf/src/trends.rs
index fa7dc162c12..42356dc06d1 100644
--- a/funnel-udf/src/trends.rs
+++ b/funnel-udf/src/trends.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ const DEFAULT_ENTERED_TIMESTAMP: EnteredTimestamp = EnteredTimestamp {
 };
 
 pub fn process_line(line: &str) -> Value {
-    let args = parse_args(&line);
+    let args = parse_args(line);
     let mut aggregate_funnel_row = AggregateFunnelRow {
         results: HashMap::new(),
         breakdown_step: Option::None,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl AggregateFunnelRow {
                 self.process_event(
                     args,
                     &mut vars,
-                    &event,
+                    event,
                     prop_val,
                 );
             }
@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ impl AggregateFunnelRow {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}