diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs
index c439c6e6a..511effcec 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/os.rs
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ pub(super) mod _os {
         // TODO: replicate CPython's win32_xstat
         let [] = dir_fd.0;
         let meta = match file {
-            PathOrFd::Path(path) => super::fs_metadata(&path, follow_symlinks.0)?,
+            PathOrFd::Path(path) => super::fs_metadata(path, follow_symlinks.0)?,
             PathOrFd::Fd(fno) => {
                 use std::os::windows::io::FromRawHandle;
                 let handle = Fd(fno).to_raw_handle()?;
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/winreg.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/winreg.rs
index 17a430fd6..660df63da 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/winreg.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/winreg.rs
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ mod winreg {
         value: PyStrRef,
         vm: &VirtualMachine,
     ) -> PyResult<()> {
-        if typ != REG_SZ as u32 {
+        if typ != REG_SZ {
             return Err(vm.new_type_error("type must be winreg.REG_SZ".to_owned()));
         }
         let subkey = subkey.as_ref().map_or("", |s| s.as_str());