diff --git a/contrib/lib/tests/static_files.rs b/contrib/lib/tests/static_files.rs
index ebc93ece..4b9b33ec 100644
--- a/contrib/lib/tests/static_files.rs
+++ b/contrib/lib/tests/static_files.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ mod static_tests {
     ];
 
     fn assert_file(client: &Client, prefix: &str, path: &str, exists: bool) {
-        let full_path = format!("/{}", Path::new(prefix).join(path).display());
+        let full_path = format!("/{}/{}", prefix, path);
         let mut response = client.get(full_path).dispatch();
         if exists {
             assert_eq!(response.status(), Status::Ok);
diff --git a/core/http/src/ext.rs b/core/http/src/ext.rs
index a37797e9..8f0ae7db 100644
--- a/core/http/src/ext.rs
+++ b/core/http/src/ext.rs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub trait Normalize {
 
 impl<T: AsRef<Path>> Normalize for T {
     #[cfg(windows)]
-    fn normalized_str(&self) -> Cow<str> {
+    fn normalized_str(&self) -> Cow<'_, str> {
         self.as_ref().to_string_lossy().replace('\\', "/").into()
     }
 
diff --git a/core/lib/src/config/config.rs b/core/lib/src/config/config.rs
index a40fe67c..690ba1fc 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/config/config.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/config/config.rs
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ impl Config {
     ///
     /// # #[cfg(not(windows))]
     /// assert_eq!(config.root().unwrap(), Path::new("/var/my_app"));
-    /// # #[cfg(windows)]
-    /// assert_eq!(config.root().unwrap(), Path::new("C:\\var\\my_app"));
     /// ```
     pub fn set_root<P: AsRef<Path>>(&mut self, path: P) {
         self.root_path = Some(path.as_ref().into());
diff --git a/examples/static_files/static/rocket-icon.jpg b/examples/static_files/static/rocket-icon.jpg
index b6000fb0..405f1a40 100644
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diff --git a/examples/todo/static/images/favicon.png b/examples/todo/static/images/favicon.png
index 7a3c81c1..02b73904 100644
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