diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
index 527a49b0538..83aa1f62106 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/builtin_attrs.rs
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ pub fn is_builtin_attr_name(name: Symbol) -> bool {
     BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTE_MAP.get(&name).is_some()
 }
 
-pub static BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTE_MAP: SyncLazy<FxHashMap<Symbol, &'static BuiltinAttribute>> =
+pub static BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTE_MAP: SyncLazy<FxHashMap<Symbol, &BuiltinAttribute>> =
     SyncLazy::new(|| {
         let mut map = FxHashMap::default();
         for attr in BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES.iter() {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lib.rs
index 25deb46e147..9a187c6285e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::str;
 
 use tracing::{debug, info};
 
-pub const MACRO_ARGUMENTS: Option<&'static str> = Some("macro arguments");
+pub const MACRO_ARGUMENTS: Option<&str> = Some("macro arguments");
 
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod parser;
diff --git a/library/core/benches/ascii.rs b/library/core/benches/ascii.rs
index 05dd7adff1f..bc59c378609 100644
--- a/library/core/benches/ascii.rs
+++ b/library/core/benches/ascii.rs
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ macro_rules! repeat {
     };
 }
 
-const SHORT: &'static str = "Alice's";
-const MEDIUM: &'static str = "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland";
-const LONG: &'static str = repeat!(
+const SHORT: &str = "Alice's";
+const MEDIUM: &str = "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland";
+const LONG: &str = repeat!(
     r#"
     La Guida di Bragia, a Ballad Opera for the Marionette Theatre (around 1850)
     Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
diff --git a/library/std/src/net/addr/tests.rs b/library/std/src/net/addr/tests.rs
index 43f965de25e..40f5a84bcd5 100644
--- a/library/std/src/net/addr/tests.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/net/addr/tests.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ fn bind_udp_socket_bad() {
     // returns its own address, it is still an error to bind a UDP socket to
     // a non-local address, and so we still get an error here in that case.
 
-    const INPUT_23076: &'static str = "1200::AB00:1234::2552:7777:1313:34300";
+    const INPUT_23076: &str = "1200::AB00:1234::2552:7777:1313:34300";
 
     assert!(crate::net::UdpSocket::bind(INPUT_23076).is_err())
 }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/sgx/env.rs b/library/std/src/sys/sgx/env.rs
index 6fa0ed7bcf4..8043b7c5213 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/sgx/env.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/sgx/env.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 pub mod os {
-    pub const FAMILY: &'static str = "";
-    pub const OS: &'static str = "";
-    pub const DLL_PREFIX: &'static str = "";
-    pub const DLL_SUFFIX: &'static str = ".sgxs";
-    pub const DLL_EXTENSION: &'static str = "sgxs";
-    pub const EXE_SUFFIX: &'static str = ".sgxs";
-    pub const EXE_EXTENSION: &'static str = "sgxs";
+    pub const FAMILY: &str = "";
+    pub const OS: &str = "";
+    pub const DLL_PREFIX: &str = "";
+    pub const DLL_SUFFIX: &str = ".sgxs";
+    pub const DLL_EXTENSION: &str = "sgxs";
+    pub const EXE_SUFFIX: &str = ".sgxs";
+    pub const EXE_EXTENSION: &str = "sgxs";
 }
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/sgx/path.rs b/library/std/src/sys/sgx/path.rs
index 06c9df3ff54..840a7ae0426 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/sgx/path.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/sgx/path.rs
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ pub fn parse_prefix(_: &OsStr) -> Option<Prefix<'_>> {
     None
 }
 
-pub const MAIN_SEP_STR: &'static str = "/";
+pub const MAIN_SEP_STR: &str = "/";
 pub const MAIN_SEP: char = '/';