diff --git a/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs b/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
index 53e697d76ac..f760f41a0f5 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo-fmt.rs
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ fn extract_target_from_package(package: &Value) -> Option<Vec<Target>> {
     Some(targets)
 }
 
-fn filter_packages_with_hitlist<'a>(
+fn filter_packages_with_hitlist(
     packages: Vec<Value>,
-    workspace_hitlist: &'a WorkspaceHitlist,
-) -> Result<Vec<Value>, &'a String> {
+    workspace_hitlist: &WorkspaceHitlist,
+) -> Result<Vec<Value>, &String> {
     let some_hitlist: Option<HashSet<&String>> =
         workspace_hitlist.get_some().map(HashSet::from_iter);
     if some_hitlist.is_none() {