diff --git a/ports/cef/string.rs b/ports/cef/string.rs
index 3dad83a711c..9763651f9a0 100644
--- a/ports/cef/string.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/string.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_utf8_cmp(a: *const cef_string_utf8_t, b: *const cef
     unsafe {
        slice::raw::buf_as_slice((*a).str as *const u8, (*a).length as uint, |astr:&[u8]| {
             slice::raw::buf_as_slice((*b).str as *const u8, (*b).length as uint, |bstr:&[u8]| {
-                  match astr.cmp(&bstr) {
+                  match astr.cmp(bstr) {
                        Less => -1,
                        Equal => 0,
                        Greater => 1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn cef_string_utf16_cmp(a: *const cef_string_utf16_t, b: *const c
     unsafe {
        slice::raw::buf_as_slice(mem::transmute((*a).str), (*a).length as uint, |astr:&[u16]| {
             slice::raw::buf_as_slice(mem::transmute((*b).str), (*b).length as uint, |bstr:&[u16]| {
-                  match astr.cmp(&bstr) {
+                  match astr.cmp(bstr) {
                        Less => -1,
                        Equal => 0,
                        Greater => 1