diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0063753418b..9fbc3f8a33b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     clippy::field_reassign_with_default,
     clippy::from_over_into,
     clippy::if_same_then_else,
-    clippy::len_zero,
     clippy::manual_map,
     clippy::mem_replace_with_default,
     clippy::needless_borrow,
diff --git a/src/shims/posix/thread.rs b/src/shims/posix/thread.rs
index 7840a1e1e97..0b8684d39eb 100644
--- a/src/shims/posix/thread.rs
+++ b/src/shims/posix/thread.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
         let this = self.eval_context_mut();
         this.assert_target_os("linux", "prctl");
 
-        if args.len() < 1 {
+        if args.is_empty() {
             throw_ub_format!(
                 "incorrect number of arguments for `prctl`: got {}, expected at least 1",
                 args.len()