diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 333c80d7d..7a50ba319 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
           profile: minimal
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
+      - name: Install clippy
+        run: rustup component add clippy
       - name: Running benchmarks
         env:
           DO_BENCH: true
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DO_FMT: true
         run: ./contrib/test.sh
+      - name: Running linter
+        env:
+          DO_LINT: true
+        run: ./contrib/test.sh
 
   Int-tests:
     name: Integration tests
diff --git a/contrib/test.sh b/contrib/test.sh
index be50ca451..dad7cb356 100755
--- a/contrib/test.sh
+++ b/contrib/test.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ fi
 # Defaults / sanity checks
 cargo test
 
+if [ "$DO_LINT" = true ]; then
+    clippy="cargo +nightly clippy"
+
+    $clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings
+    $clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
+    $clippy --no-default-features --features=no-std --all-targets -- -D warnings
+fi
+
 if [ "$DO_FEATURE_MATRIX" = true ]
 then
     # All features
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 277e50662..e6b999aca 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ mod prelude {
         impl<T: ?Sized> Deref for MutexGuard<'_, T> {
             type Target = T;
 
-            fn deref(&self) -> &T { &self.lock.deref() }
+            fn deref(&self) -> &T { self.lock.deref() }
         }
 
         impl<T: ?Sized> DerefMut for MutexGuard<'_, T> {
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ mod prelude {
         impl<T> Mutex<T> {
             pub fn new(inner: T) -> Mutex<T> { Mutex { inner: RefCell::new(inner) } }
 
-            pub fn lock<'a>(&'a self) -> LockResult<MutexGuard<'a, T>> {
+            pub fn lock(&self) -> LockResult<MutexGuard<'_, T>> {
                 Ok(MutexGuard { lock: self.inner.borrow_mut() })
             }
         }