diff --git a/src/vtab/csvtab.rs b/src/vtab/csvtab.rs
index 1137a35..2be7315 100644
--- a/src/vtab/csvtab.rs
+++ b/src/vtab/csvtab.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 extern crate csv;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::fs::File;
-use std::mem;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::result;
 use std::str;
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ impl VTab<CSVTabCursor> for CSVTab {
               args: &[*const libc::c_char])
               -> Result<CSVTab> {
         if args.len() < 4 {
-            return Err(Error::ModuleError(format!("no CSV file specified")));
+            return Err(Error::ModuleError("no CSV file specified".to_owned()));
         }
         // pull out name of csv file (remove quotes)
         let mut c_filename = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(args[3]).to_bytes() };
@@ -104,13 +103,13 @@ impl VTab<CSVTabCursor> for CSVTab {
         }
 
         if cols.is_empty() {
-            return Err(Error::ModuleError(format!("no column name specified")));
+            return Err(Error::ModuleError("no column name specified".to_owned()));
         }
 
         let mut sql = String::from("CREATE TABLE x(");
         for (i, col) in cols.iter().enumerate() {
             if col.is_empty() {
-                return Err(Error::ModuleError(format!("no column name found")));
+                return Err(Error::ModuleError("no column name found".to_owned()));
             }
             sql.push('"');
             sql.push_str(col);
diff --git a/src/vtab/int_array.rs b/src/vtab/int_array.rs
index 82a87b1..ef1f6d2 100644
--- a/src/vtab/int_array.rs
+++ b/src/vtab/int_array.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ impl VTab<IntArrayVTabCursor> for IntArrayVTab {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Default)]
 #[repr(C)]
 struct IntArrayVTabCursor {
     /// Base class
diff --git a/src/vtab/mod.rs b/src/vtab/mod.rs
index 4ed298d..9388aa1 100644
--- a/src/vtab/mod.rs
+++ b/src/vtab/mod.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub fn declare_vtab(db: *mut ffi::sqlite3, sql: &str) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 /// Escape double-quote (`"`) character occurences by doubling them (`""`).
-pub fn escape_double_quote<'a>(identifier: &'a str) -> Cow<'a, str> {
+pub fn escape_double_quote(identifier: &str) -> Cow<str> {
     if identifier.contains('"') {
         // escape quote by doubling them
         Owned(identifier.replace("\"", "\"\""))
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn $best_index(vtab: *mut ffi::sqlite3_vtab,
 }
 unsafe extern "C" fn $destroy(vtab: *mut ffi::sqlite3_vtab) -> libc::c_int {
     let vtab = vtab as *mut $vtab;
-    let _: Box<$vtab> = Box::from_raw(mem::transmute(vtab));
+    let _: Box<$vtab> = Box::from_raw(vtab);
     ffi::SQLITE_OK
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn $open(vtab: *mut ffi::sqlite3_vtab,
 }
 unsafe extern "C" fn $close(cursor: *mut ffi::sqlite3_vtab_cursor) -> libc::c_int {
     let cr = cursor as *mut $cursor;
-    let _: Box<$cursor> = Box::from_raw(mem::transmute(cr));
+    let _: Box<$cursor> = Box::from_raw(cr);
     ffi::SQLITE_OK
 }