diff --git a/crates/binding/build.rs b/crates/binding/build.rs
index d2c2b9237..391b97ce2 100644
--- a/crates/binding/build.rs
+++ b/crates/binding/build.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-const SKIP_ENV_VAR_NAME: &'static str = "SKIP_BINDING_GENERATION";
+const SKIP_ENV_VAR_NAME: &str = "SKIP_BINDING_GENERATION";
 /// Generate Rust bindings from the IPC Solidity Actors ABI artifacts.
 ///p
 /// These are built by `make ipc-actors-abi`, here we just add the final step
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     // Enabled by default so that in the monorepo we don't have to worry about stale code.
     if let Ok(val) = std::env::var(SKIP_ENV_VAR_NAME) {
         let val = val.trim();
-        if val == "true" || val == "1" || val == "" {
+        if val == "true" || val == "1" || val.is_empty() {
             println!(
                 "cargo:warn=Skipping binding generation since {} is set by the user",
                 SKIP_ENV_VAR_NAME
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
         lib,
         "//! This file was generated by build.rs and will be overriden"
     )?;
-    writeln!(lib, "")?;
+    writeln!(lib)?;
     writeln!(lib, "#[macro_use]")?;
     writeln!(lib, "mod convert;")?;
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
         writeln!(lib, "#[allow(clippy::all)]")?;
         writeln!(lib, "pub mod {module_name};")?;
     }
-    writeln!(lib, "")?;
+    writeln!(lib)?;
     writeln!(
         lib,
         "// The list of contracts need to convert FvmAddress to fvm_shared::Address"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
         writeln!(lib, "fvm_address_conversion!({module});")?;
     }
 
-    writeln!(lib, "")?;
+    writeln!(lib)?;
 
     writeln!(
         lib,
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ fn main() -> color_eyre::Result<()> {
     let unformatted = fs_err::read_to_string(&lib_path)?;
     let f = syn::parse_str(&unformatted)?;
     let c = prettyplease::unparse(&f);
-    fs_err::write(&lib_path, c.as_str().as_bytes())?;
+    fs_err::write(&lib_path, c.as_bytes())?;
 
     Ok(())
 }