diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index ca749f774..9a25098e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -305,11 +305,11 @@ jobs:
           override: true
       - name: workspace
         run: |
-            cargo clippy --workspace --all-features
+            cargo clippy --workspace --all-features -- -Dwarnings
       - name: wheel
         run: |
             cd wheel
-            cargo clippy
+            cargo clippy --all-features -- -Dwarnings
 
   fuzz_targets:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/chia-bls/src/public_key.rs b/chia-bls/src/public_key.rs
index 696ee6f1e..a13b2c4e5 100644
--- a/chia-bls/src/public_key.rs
+++ b/chia-bls/src/public_key.rs
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ impl ToJsonDict for PublicKey {
 pub fn parse_hex_string(o: &PyAny, len: usize, name: &str) -> PyResult<Vec<u8>> {
     use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
     let s: String = o.extract()?;
-    let s = if s.starts_with("0x") { &s[2..] } else { &s[..] };
+    let s = if let Some(st) = s.strip_prefix("0x") {
+        st
+    } else {
+        &s[..]
+    };
     let buf = match hex::decode(s) {
         Err(_) => {
             return Err(PyValueError::new_err("invalid hex"));
diff --git a/wheel/src/api.rs b/wheel/src/api.rs
index fe8a27c64..1d4c81348 100644
--- a/wheel/src/api.rs
+++ b/wheel/src/api.rs
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ pub fn tree_hash(py: Python, blob: PyBuffer<u8>) -> PyResult<&PyBytes> {
     Ok(PyBytes::new(py, &tree_hash_from_stream(&mut input)?))
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 #[pyfunction]
-pub fn get_puzzle_and_solution_for_coin<'py>(
-    py: Python<'py>,
+pub fn get_puzzle_and_solution_for_coin(
+    py: Python<'_>,
     program: PyBuffer<u8>,
     args: PyBuffer<u8>,
     max_cost: Cost,
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ pub fn get_puzzle_and_solution_for_coin<'py>(
     find_amount: u64,
     find_ph: Bytes32,
     flags: u32,
-) -> PyResult<(&'py PyBytes, &'py PyBytes)> {
+) -> PyResult<(&PyBytes, &PyBytes)> {
     let mut allocator = make_allocator(LIMIT_HEAP);
 
     if !program.is_c_contiguous() {
@@ -158,8 +159,12 @@ fn run_puzzle(
     Ok(convert_spend_bundle_conds(&a, conds))
 }
 
-fn convert_list_of_tuples(spends: &PyAny) -> PyResult<Vec<(Coin, &[u8], &[u8])>> {
-    let mut native_spends = Vec::<(Coin, &[u8], &[u8])>::new();
+// this is like a CoinSpend but with references to the puzzle and solution,
+// rather than owning them
+type CoinSpendRef<'a> = (Coin, &'a [u8], &'a [u8]);
+
+fn convert_list_of_tuples(spends: &PyAny) -> PyResult<Vec<CoinSpendRef>> {
+    let mut native_spends = Vec::<CoinSpendRef>::new();
     for s in spends.iter()? {
         let tuple = s?.downcast::<PyTuple>()?;
         let coin = tuple.get_item(0)?.extract::<Coin>()?;