diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6d04c87a4d..50540eb219 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ description = "General purpose library for using and interoperating with Bitcoin
 keywords = [ "crypto", "bitcoin" ]
 readme = "README.md"
 
-[lib]
-name = "bitcoin"
-path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
 fuzztarget = ["secp256k1/fuzztarget", "bitcoin_hashes/fuzztarget"]
diff --git a/src/blockdata/transaction.rs b/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
index 56c3c6b51c..0df4b49080 100644
--- a/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl error::Error for ParseOutPointError {
 /// It does not permit leading zeroes or non-digit characters.
 fn parse_vout(s: &str) -> Result<u32, ParseOutPointError> {
     if s.len() > 1 {
-        let first = s.chars().nth(0).unwrap();
+        let first = s.chars().next().unwrap();
         if first == '0' || first == '+' {
             return Err(ParseOutPointError::VoutNotCanonical);
         }
diff --git a/src/hash_types.rs b/src/hash_types.rs
index fea1166aa9..3027008f23 100644
--- a/src/hash_types.rs
+++ b/src/hash_types.rs
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@
 //! to avoid mixing data of the same hash format (like SHA256d) but of different meaning
 //! (transaction id, block hash etc).
 
-use consensus::encode::{Encodable, Decodable, Error};
-use hashes::{Hash, sha256, sha256d, ripemd160, hash160};
-use hashes::hex::{FromHex, ToHex};
-use util::key::PublicKey;
+use hashes::{Hash, sha256, sha256d, hash160};
 
 macro_rules! impl_hashencode {
     ($hashtype:ident) => {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4804f69774..c36aa8543f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,17 +23,9 @@
 //! software.
 //!
 
-#![crate_name = "bitcoin"]
-#![crate_type = "dylib"]
-#![crate_type = "rlib"]
-
 // Experimental features we need
 #![cfg_attr(all(test, feature = "unstable"), feature(test))]
 
-// Clippy whitelist
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "clippy", allow(needless_range_loop))] // suggests making a big mess of array newtypes
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "clippy", allow(extend_from_slice))]   // `extend_from_slice` only available since 1.6
-
 // Coding conventions
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #![deny(non_upper_case_globals)]
@@ -44,23 +36,17 @@
 #![deny(unused_imports)]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
-// In general, rust is absolutely horrid at supporting users doing things like,
-// for example, compiling Rust code for real environments. Disable useless lints
-// that don't do anything but annoy us and cant actually ever be resolved.
-#![allow(bare_trait_objects)]
-#![allow(ellipsis_inclusive_range_patterns)]
-
 // Re-exported dependencies.
 #[macro_use] pub extern crate bitcoin_hashes as hashes;
 pub extern crate secp256k1;
 pub extern crate bech32;
 
+#[cfg(feature="bitcoinconsensus")] extern crate bitcoinconsensus;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")] extern crate serde;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))] #[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive; // for 1.22.0 compat
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))] extern crate serde_json;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))] extern crate serde_test;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "unstable"))] extern crate test;
-#[cfg(feature="bitcoinconsensus")] extern crate bitcoinconsensus;
 
 #[cfg(target_pointer_width = "16")]
 compile_error!("rust-bitcoin cannot be used on 16-bit architectures");
@@ -75,8 +61,6 @@ pub mod network;
 pub mod blockdata;
 pub mod util;
 pub mod consensus;
-// Do not remove: required in order to get hash types implementation macros to work correctly
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub mod hash_types;
 
 pub use hash_types::*;
diff --git a/src/util/hash.rs b/src/util/hash.rs
index fa089135a0..f0020ce139 100644
--- a/src/util/hash.rs
+++ b/src/util/hash.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub fn bitcoin_merkle_root<T, I>(mut iter: I) -> T
         return Default::default();
     }
     if iter.len() == 1 {
-        return T::from_inner(iter.nth(0).unwrap().into_inner());
+        return T::from_inner(iter.next().unwrap().into_inner());
     }
     // Recursion
     let half_len = iter.len() / 2 + iter.len() % 2;
diff --git a/src/util/merkleblock.rs b/src/util/merkleblock.rs
index 9c241ca46f..f4edaeb0cf 100644
--- a/src/util/merkleblock.rs
+++ b/src/util/merkleblock.rs
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ impl MerkleBlock {
         match_txids: &HashSet<Txid>,
     ) -> Self {
         let matches: Vec<bool> = block_txids
-            .into_iter()
+            .iter()
             .map(|txid| match_txids.contains(txid))
             .collect();