diff --git a/src/platform/linux.rs b/src/platform/linux.rs
index 67bb5a5..f676e36 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn get_all_processes() -> Vec<Process> {
                 let proc_root = PathBuf::from(ROOT).join(pid.to_string());
 
                 // for 2.6.39 <= kernel < 3.6 fstat doesn't support O_PATH see https://github.com/eminence/procfs/issues/265
-                let flags = match *KERNEL {
+                let flags = match KERNEL {
                     Some(v) if v < String::from("3.6.0") => OFlags::DIRECTORY | OFlags::CLOEXEC,
                     Some(_) | None => OFlags::PATH | OFlags::DIRECTORY | OFlags::CLOEXEC,
                 };
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ fn get_socket_inodes<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
     let p = path.as_ref();
     let root = base.as_ref().join(p);
     // for 2.6.39 <= kernel < 3.6 fstat doesn't support O_PATH see https://github.com/eminence/procfs/issues/265
-    let flags = match *KERNEL {
+    let flags = match KERNEL {
         Some(v) if v < String::from("3.6.0") => OFlags::NOFOLLOW | OFlags::CLOEXEC,
         Some(_) | None => OFlags::NOFOLLOW | OFlags::PATH | OFlags::CLOEXEC,
     };