diff --git a/codegen/src/parser/error.rs b/codegen/src/parser/error.rs
index f9cd651d..55270dfe 100644
--- a/codegen/src/parser/error.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/parser/error.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn parse_code(ecx: &ExtCtxt, meta_item: &NestedMetaItem) -> Spanned<u16> {
 
     let sp = meta_item.span();
     if let Some((name, lit)) = meta_item.name_value() {
-        if name != &"code" {
+        if name != "code" {
             ecx.span_err(sp, "the first key, if any, must be 'code'");
         } else if let LitKind::Int(n, _) = lit.node {
             return code_from_u128(span(n, lit.span))
diff --git a/codegen/src/parser/route.rs b/codegen/src/parser/route.rs
index 84d96369..c6841396 100644
--- a/codegen/src/parser/route.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/parser/route.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pub fn param_to_ident(ecx: &ExtCtxt, s: Spanned<&str>) -> Option<Spanned<Ident>>
 
 fn parse_method(ecx: &ExtCtxt, meta_item: &NestedMetaItem) -> Spanned<Method> {
     if let Some(word) = meta_item.word() {
-        if let Ok(method) = Method::from_str(&word.ident.name.as_str()) {
+        if let Ok(method) = Method::from_str(&word.name().as_str()) {
             if is_valid_method(method) {
                 return span(method, word.span());
             }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fn parse_path(ecx: &ExtCtxt,
               -> (Spanned<URI<'static>>, Option<Spanned<Ident>>) {
     let sp = meta_item.span();
     if let Some((name, lit)) = meta_item.name_value() {
-        if name != &"path" {
+        if name != "path" {
             ecx.span_err(sp, "the first key, if any, must be 'path'");
         } else if let LitKind::Str(ref s, _) = lit.node {
             return validate_uri(ecx, &s.as_str(), lit.span);
diff --git a/codegen/src/utils/meta_item_ext.rs b/codegen/src/utils/meta_item_ext.rs
index 242141c5..c3bfcff5 100644
--- a/codegen/src/utils/meta_item_ext.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/utils/meta_item_ext.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ use syntax::ast::{LitKind, NestedMetaItem, MetaItemKind, Lit};
 use syntax::symbol::Symbol;
 
 pub trait MetaItemExt {
-    fn name_value(&self) -> Option<(&Symbol, &Lit)>;
+    fn name_value(&self) -> Option<(Symbol, &Lit)>;
     fn str_lit(&self) -> Option<&Symbol>;
     fn int_lit(&self) -> Option<u128>;
 }
 
 impl MetaItemExt for NestedMetaItem {
-    fn name_value(&self) -> Option<(&Symbol, &Lit)> {
+    fn name_value(&self) -> Option<(Symbol, &Lit)> {
         self.meta_item().and_then(|mi| match mi.node {
-            MetaItemKind::NameValue(ref l) => Some((&mi.ident.name, l)),
+            MetaItemKind::NameValue(ref l) => Some((mi.name(), l)),
             _ => None,
         })
     }