diff --git a/src/command_helpers.rs b/src/command_helpers.rs
index a34067f4..89dc1a33 100644
--- a/src/command_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/command_helpers.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl CargoOutput {
             warnings: true,
             output: OutputKind::Forward,
             debug: match std::env::var_os("CC_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT") {
-                Some(v) => v != "0" && v != "false" && v != "",
+                Some(v) => v != "0" && v != "false" && !v.is_empty(),
                 None => false,
             },
             checked_dbg_var: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
diff --git a/src/flags.rs b/src/flags.rs
index ed552e6e..91e9470a 100644
--- a/src/flags.rs
+++ b/src/flags.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ impl<'this> RustcCodegenFlags<'this> {
         };
 
         let clang_or_gnu =
-            matches!(family, ToolFamily::Clang { .. }) || matches!(family, ToolFamily::Gnu { .. });
+            matches!(family, ToolFamily::Clang { .. }) || matches!(family, ToolFamily::Gnu);
 
         // Flags shared between clang and gnu
         if clang_or_gnu {
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl<'this> RustcCodegenFlags<'this> {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            ToolFamily::Gnu { .. } => {}
+            ToolFamily::Gnu => {}
             ToolFamily::Msvc { .. } => {
                 // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/guard-enable-control-flow-guard
                 if let Some(value) = self.control_flow_guard {
diff --git a/src/parallel/job_token.rs b/src/parallel/job_token.rs
index 5528e1f8..c07fd94b 100644
--- a/src/parallel/job_token.rs
+++ b/src/parallel/job_token.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ mod inherited_jobserver {
 
     pub(super) struct JobServer {
         /// Implicit token for this process which is obtained and will be
-        /// released in parent. Since JobTokens only give back what they got,
+        /// released in parent. Since `JobTokens` only give back what they got,
         /// there should be at most one global implicit token in the wild.
         ///
         /// Since Rust does not execute any `Drop` for global variables,
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ mod inherited_jobserver {
         helper_thread: Option<HelperThread>,
     }
 
-    impl<'a> ActiveJobServer<'a> {
+    impl ActiveJobServer<'_> {
         pub(super) async fn acquire(&mut self) -> Result<JobToken, Error> {
             let mut has_requested_token = false;
 
@@ -233,19 +233,14 @@ mod inprocess_jobserver {
     impl JobServer {
         pub(super) fn new() -> Self {
             // Use `NUM_JOBS` if set (it's configured by Cargo) and otherwise
-            // just fall back to a semi-reasonable number.
-            //
-            // Note that we could use `num_cpus` here but it's an extra
-            // dependency that will almost never be used, so
-            // it's generally not too worth it.
-            let mut parallelism = 4;
-            // TODO: Use std::thread::available_parallelism as an upper bound
-            // when MSRV is bumped.
-            if let Ok(amt) = var("NUM_JOBS") {
-                if let Ok(amt) = amt.parse() {
-                    parallelism = amt;
-                }
-            }
+            // just fall back to the number of cores on the local machine, or a reasonable
+            // default if that cannot be determined.
+
+            let parallelism = var("NUM_JOBS")
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|j| j.parse::<u32>().ok())
+                .or_else(|| Some(std::thread::available_parallelism().ok()?.get() as u32))
+                .unwrap_or(4);
 
             Self(AtomicU32::new(parallelism))
         }
diff --git a/src/parallel/stderr.rs b/src/parallel/stderr.rs
index 70186860..2e5b0544 100644
--- a/src/parallel/stderr.rs
+++ b/src/parallel/stderr.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![cfg_attr(target_family = "wasm", allow(unused))]
-/// Helpers functions for [ChildStderr].
+/// Helpers functions for [`ChildStderr`].
 use std::{convert::TryInto, process::ChildStderr};
 
 use crate::{Error, ErrorKind};
diff --git a/src/target/parser.rs b/src/target/parser.rs
index 72b06e4c..a04aaf51 100644
--- a/src/target/parser.rs
+++ b/src/target/parser.rs
@@ -475,13 +475,13 @@ mod tests {
         let (full_arch, _rest) = target.split_once('-').expect("target to have arch");
 
         let mut target = TargetInfo {
-            full_arch: full_arch.into(),
-            arch: "invalid-none-set".into(),
-            vendor: "invalid-none-set".into(),
-            os: "invalid-none-set".into(),
-            env: "invalid-none-set".into(),
+            full_arch,
+            arch: "invalid-none-set",
+            vendor: "invalid-none-set",
+            os: "invalid-none-set",
+            env: "invalid-none-set",
             // Not set in older Rust versions
-            abi: "".into(),
+            abi: "",
         };
 
         for cfg in cfgs.lines() {
diff --git a/tests/cc_env.rs b/tests/cc_env.rs
index 7eed9542..65015f78 100644
--- a/tests/cc_env.rs
+++ b/tests/cc_env.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fn clang_cl() {
     for exe_suffix in ["", ".exe"] {
         let test = Test::clang();
         let bin = format!("clang{exe_suffix}");
-        env::set_var("CC", &format!("{bin} --driver-mode=cl"));
+        env::set_var("CC", format!("{bin} --driver-mode=cl"));
         let test_compiler = |build: cc::Build| {
             let compiler = build.get_compiler();
             assert_eq!(compiler.path(), Path::new(&*bin));
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index d1c11e93..bcac1002 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ fn gnu_apple_sysroot() {
         test.shim("fake-gcc")
             .gcc()
             .compiler("fake-gcc")
-            .target(&target)
-            .host(&target)
+            .target(target)
+            .host(target)
             .file("foo.c")
             .compile("foo");