diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/list.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/list.rs
index 1722fad3f8..7b84c1e0e6 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/list.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/list.rs
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ impl yaml::K8sResource for List {
     }
 
     fn serialize(&mut self, policy: &str) -> String {
-        let policies: Vec<&str> = policy.split(":").collect();
+        let policies: Vec<&str> = policy.split(':').collect();
         let len = policies.len();
         assert!(len == self.resources.len());
 
         self.items.clear();
-        for i in 0..len {
-            let yaml = self.resources[i].serialize(policies[i]);
+        for (i, p) in policies.iter().enumerate().take(len) {
+            let yaml = self.resources[i].serialize(p);
             let document = serde_yaml::Deserializer::from_str(&yaml);
             let doc_value = Value::deserialize(document).unwrap();
             self.items.push(doc_value.clone());
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/main.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/main.rs
index d3e9c2cf15..b7a57dd711 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/main.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
-use clap::Parser;
-use env_logger;
 use log::{debug, info};
 
 mod config_map;
@@ -31,88 +29,10 @@ mod verity;
 mod volume;
 mod yaml;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
-struct CommandLineOptions {
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        help = "Kubernetes input/output YAML file path. stdin/stdout get used if this option is not specified."
-    )]
-    yaml_file: Option<String>,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        help = "Optional Kubernetes config map YAML input file path"
-    )]
-    config_map_file: Option<String>,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short = 'j',
-        long,
-        default_value_t = String::from("genpolicy-settings.json"),
-        help = "genpolicy settings file name"
-    )]
-    settings_file_name: String,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        default_value_t = String::from("."),
-        help = "Path to the rules.rego and settings input files"
-    )]
-    input_files_path: String,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        help = "Create and use a cache of container image layer contents and dm-verity information (in ./layers_cache/)"
-    )]
-    use_cached_files: bool,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        help = "Print the output Rego policy text to standard output"
-    )]
-    raw_out: bool,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        help = "Print the base64 encoded output Rego policy to standard output"
-    )]
-    base64_out: bool,
-
-    #[clap(
-        short,
-        long,
-        help = "Ignore unsupported input Kubernetes YAML fields. This is not recommeded unless you understand exactly how genpolicy works!"
-    )]
-    silent_unsupported_fields: bool,
-}
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     env_logger::init();
-
-    let args = CommandLineOptions::parse();
-
-    let mut config_map_files = Vec::new();
-    if let Some(config_map_file) = &args.config_map_file {
-        config_map_files.push(config_map_file.clone());
-    }
-
-    let config = utils::Config::new(
-        args.use_cached_files,
-        args.yaml_file,
-        &args.input_files_path,
-        &args.settings_file_name,
-        &config_map_files,
-        args.silent_unsupported_fields,
-        args.raw_out,
-        args.base64_out,
-    );
+    let config = utils::Config::new();
 
     debug!("Creating policy from yaml, settings, and rules.rego files...");
     let mut policy = policy::AgentPolicy::from_files(&config).await.unwrap();
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs
index ddcde8ac51..5bb00b6eed 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/mount_and_storage.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ pub fn get_policy_mounts(
     };
 
     for s_mount in settings_mounts {
-        if keep_settings_mount(settings, &s_mount, &yaml_container.volumeMounts) {
+        if keep_settings_mount(settings, s_mount, &yaml_container.volumeMounts) {
             let mut mount = s_mount.clone();
-            adjust_termination_path(&mut mount, &yaml_container);
+            adjust_termination_path(&mut mount, yaml_container);
 
             if mount.source.is_empty() && mount.type_.eq("bind") {
                 if let Some(file_name) = Path::new(&mount.destination).file_name() {
@@ -54,12 +54,11 @@ pub fn get_policy_mounts(
                 policy_mount.options = mount.options.iter().map(String::from).collect();
             } else {
                 // Add a new mount.
-                if !is_pause_container {
-                    if s_mount.destination.eq("/etc/hostname")
-                        || s_mount.destination.eq("/etc/resolv.conf")
-                    {
-                        mount.options.push(rootfs_access.to_string());
-                    }
+                if !is_pause_container
+                    && (s_mount.destination.eq("/etc/hostname")
+                        || s_mount.destination.eq("/etc/resolv.conf"))
+                {
+                    mount.options.push(rootfs_access.to_string());
                 }
                 p_mounts.push(mount);
             }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/no_policy.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/no_policy.rs
index 30c1e038fe..6c70d10397 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/no_policy.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/no_policy.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ impl yaml::K8sResource for NoPolicyResource {
     }
 
     fn generate_policy(&self, _agent_policy: &policy::AgentPolicy) -> String {
-        return "".to_string();
+        "".to_string()
     }
 
     fn serialize(&mut self, _policy: &str) -> String {
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
index 60dc54767b..c04d914f46 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/pod.rs
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ impl Container {
                             capabilities.Permitted.clear();
                             capabilities.Effective.clear();
                         } else {
-                            let cap = "CAP_".to_string() + &c;
+                            let cap = "CAP_".to_string() + c;
 
                             capabilities.Bounding.retain(|x| !x.eq(&cap));
                             capabilities.Permitted.retain(|x| !x.eq(&cap));
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ impl Container {
                 }
                 if let Some(add) = &yaml_capabilities.add {
                     for c in add {
-                        let cap = "CAP_".to_string() + &c;
+                        let cap = "CAP_".to_string() + c;
 
                         if !capabilities.Bounding.contains(&cap) {
                             capabilities.Bounding.push(cap.clone());
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ fn compress_capabilities(capabilities: &mut Vec<String>, defaults: &policy::Comm
         ""
     };
 
-    if default_caps.len() != 0 {
+    if !default_caps.is_empty() {
         capabilities.clear();
         capabilities.push(default_caps.to_string());
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
index ab464cf992..8ee5967e4c 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/policy.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ impl AgentPolicy {
 
         if let Some(config_map_files) = &config.config_map_files {
             for file in config_map_files {
-                config_maps.push(config_map::ConfigMap::new(&file)?);
+                config_maps.push(config_map::ConfigMap::new(file)?);
             }
         }
 
@@ -429,13 +429,11 @@ impl AgentPolicy {
                 .create(true)
                 .open(yaml_file)
                 .unwrap()
-                .write_all(&yaml_string.as_bytes())
+                .write_all(yaml_string.as_bytes())
                 .unwrap();
         } else {
             // When input YAML came through stdin, print the output YAML to stdout.
-            std::io::stdout()
-                .write_all(&yaml_string.as_bytes())
-                .unwrap();
+            std::io::stdout().write_all(yaml_string.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         }
     }
 
@@ -443,12 +441,8 @@ impl AgentPolicy {
         let yaml_containers = resource.get_containers();
         let mut policy_containers = Vec::new();
 
-        for i in 0..yaml_containers.len() {
-            policy_containers.push(self.get_container_policy(
-                resource,
-                &yaml_containers[i],
-                i == 0,
-            ));
+        for (i, yaml_container) in yaml_containers.iter().enumerate() {
+            policy_containers.push(self.get_container_policy(resource, yaml_container, i == 0));
         }
 
         let policy_data = policy::PolicyData {
@@ -698,8 +692,8 @@ fn substitute_env_variables(env: &mut Vec<String>) {
         for i in 0..env.len() {
             let components: Vec<&str> = env[i].split('=').collect();
             if components.len() == 2 {
-                if let Some((start, end)) = find_subst_target(&components[1]) {
-                    if let Some(new_value) = substitute_variable(&components[1], start, end, env) {
+                if let Some((start, end)) = find_subst_target(components[1]) {
+                    if let Some(new_value) = substitute_variable(components[1], start, end, env) {
                         let new_var = format!("{}={new_value}", &components[0]);
                         debug!("Replacing env variable <{}> with <{new_var}>", &env[i]);
                         env[i] = new_var;
@@ -719,7 +713,7 @@ fn find_subst_target(env_value: &str) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
     if let Some(mut start) = env_value.find("$(") {
         start += 2;
         if env_value.len() > start {
-            if let Some(end) = env_value[start..].find(")") {
+            if let Some(end) = env_value[start..].find(')') {
                 return Some((start, start + end));
             }
         }
@@ -735,7 +729,7 @@ fn substitute_variable(
     env: &Vec<String>,
 ) -> Option<String> {
     // Variables generated by this application.
-    let internal_vars = vec![
+    let internal_vars = [
         "bundle-id",
         "host-ip",
         "node-name",
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs
index 477bf6ed4b..6009dad6e4 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/registry.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 use crate::policy;
 use crate::verity;
 
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
 use docker_credential::{CredentialRetrievalError, DockerCredential};
 use log::warn;
 use log::{debug, info, LevelFilter};
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ use oci_distribution::client::{linux_amd64_resolver, ClientConfig};
 use oci_distribution::{manifest, secrets::RegistryAuth, Client, Reference};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{digest::typenum::Unsigned, digest::OutputSizeUser, Sha256};
-use std::{io, io::Seek, io::Write, path::Path};
+use std::io::{self, Seek, Write};
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use tokio::{fs, io::AsyncWriteExt};
 
 /// Container image properties obtained from an OCI repository.
@@ -253,10 +254,33 @@ async fn get_image_layers(
     Ok(layers)
 }
 
-fn delete_files(decompressed_path: &Path, compressed_path: &Path, verity_path: &Path) {
-    let _ = fs::remove_file(&decompressed_path);
-    let _ = fs::remove_file(&compressed_path);
-    let _ = fs::remove_file(&verity_path);
+fn get_verity_path(base_dir: &Path, file_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut verity_path: PathBuf = base_dir.join(file_name);
+    verity_path.set_extension("verity");
+    verity_path
+}
+
+fn get_decompressed_path(verity_path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut decompressed_path = verity_path.to_path_buf().clone();
+    decompressed_path.set_extension("tar");
+    decompressed_path
+}
+
+fn get_compressed_path(decompressed_path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    let mut compressed_path = decompressed_path.to_path_buf().clone();
+    compressed_path.set_extension("gz");
+    compressed_path
+}
+
+async fn delete_files(base_dir: &Path, file_name: &str) {
+    let verity_path = get_verity_path(base_dir, file_name);
+    let _ = fs::remove_file(&verity_path).await;
+
+    let decompressed_path = get_decompressed_path(&verity_path);
+    let _ = fs::remove_file(&decompressed_path).await;
+
+    let compressed_path = get_compressed_path(&decompressed_path);
+    let _ = fs::remove_file(&compressed_path).await;
 }
 
 async fn get_verity_hash(
@@ -265,23 +289,11 @@ async fn get_verity_hash(
     reference: &Reference,
     layer_digest: &str,
 ) -> Result<String> {
-    let base_dir = std::path::Path::new("layers_cache");
-
     // Use file names supported by both Linux and Windows.
-    let file_name = str::replace(&layer_digest, ":", "-");
+    let file_name = str::replace(layer_digest, ":", "-");
 
-    let mut decompressed_path = base_dir.join(file_name);
-    decompressed_path.set_extension("tar");
-
-    let mut compressed_path = decompressed_path.clone();
-    compressed_path.set_extension("gz");
-
-    let mut verity_path = decompressed_path.clone();
-    verity_path.set_extension("verity");
-
-    let mut verity_hash = "".to_string();
-    let mut error_message = "".to_string();
-    let mut error = false;
+    let base_dir = std::path::Path::new("layers_cache");
+    let verity_path = get_verity_path(base_dir, &file_name);
 
     if use_cached_files && verity_path.exists() {
         info!("Using cached file {:?}", &verity_path);
@@ -290,40 +302,27 @@ async fn get_verity_hash(
         client,
         reference,
         layer_digest,
-        &base_dir,
-        &decompressed_path,
-        &compressed_path,
-        &verity_path,
+        base_dir,
+        &get_decompressed_path(&verity_path),
     )
     .await
     {
-        error = true;
-        error_message = format!("Failed to create verity hash for {layer_digest}, error {e}");
+        delete_files(base_dir, &file_name).await;
+        bail!("{e}");
     }
 
-    if !error {
-        match std::fs::read_to_string(&verity_path) {
-            Err(e) => {
-                error = true;
-                error_message = format!("Failed to read {:?}, error {e}", &verity_path);
-            }
-            Ok(v) => {
-                verity_hash = v;
-                info!("dm-verity root hash: {verity_hash}");
-            }
+    match std::fs::read_to_string(&verity_path) {
+        Err(e) => {
+            delete_files(base_dir, &file_name).await;
+            bail!("Failed to read {:?}, error {e}", &verity_path);
+        }
+        Ok(v) => {
+            if !use_cached_files {
+                let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(base_dir);
+            }
+            info!("dm-verity root hash: {v}");
+            Ok(v)
         }
-    }
-
-    if !use_cached_files {
-        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&base_dir);
-    } else if error {
-        delete_files(&decompressed_path, &compressed_path, &verity_path);
-    }
-
-    if error {
-        panic!("{error_message}");
-    } else {
-        Ok(verity_hash)
     }
 }
 
@@ -333,27 +332,23 @@ async fn create_verity_hash_file(
     reference: &Reference,
     layer_digest: &str,
     base_dir: &Path,
-    decompressed_path: &Path,
-    compressed_path: &Path,
-    verity_path: &Path,
+    decompressed_path: &PathBuf,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     if use_cached_files && decompressed_path.exists() {
         info!("Using cached file {:?}", &decompressed_path);
     } else {
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&base_dir)?;
-
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(base_dir)?;
         create_decompressed_layer_file(
             use_cached_files,
             client,
             reference,
             layer_digest,
-            &decompressed_path,
-            &compressed_path,
+            decompressed_path,
         )
         .await?;
     }
 
-    do_create_verity_hash_file(decompressed_path, verity_path)
+    do_create_verity_hash_file(decompressed_path)
 }
 
 async fn create_decompressed_layer_file(
@@ -361,9 +356,10 @@ async fn create_decompressed_layer_file(
     client: &mut Client,
     reference: &Reference,
     layer_digest: &str,
-    decompressed_path: &Path,
-    compressed_path: &Path,
+    decompressed_path: &PathBuf,
 ) -> Result<()> {
+    let compressed_path = get_compressed_path(decompressed_path);
+
     if use_cached_files && compressed_path.exists() {
         info!("Using cached file {:?}", &compressed_path);
     } else {
@@ -372,20 +368,20 @@ async fn create_decompressed_layer_file(
             .await
             .map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
         client
-            .pull_blob(&reference, layer_digest, &mut file)
+            .pull_blob(reference, layer_digest, &mut file)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
         file.flush().await.map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
     }
 
     info!("Decompressing layer");
-    let compressed_file = std::fs::File::open(&compressed_path).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
+    let compressed_file = std::fs::File::open(compressed_path).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
     let mut decompressed_file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
         .read(true)
         .write(true)
         .create(true)
         .truncate(true)
-        .open(&decompressed_path)?;
+        .open(decompressed_path)?;
     let mut gz_decoder = flate2::read::GzDecoder::new(compressed_file);
     std::io::copy(&mut gz_decoder, &mut decompressed_file).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
 
@@ -397,12 +393,15 @@ async fn create_decompressed_layer_file(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn do_create_verity_hash_file(path: &Path, verity_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
+fn do_create_verity_hash_file(decompressed_path: &PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
     info!("Calculating dm-verity root hash");
-    let mut file = std::fs::File::open(path)?;
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::open(decompressed_path)?;
     let size = file.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::End(0))?;
     if size < 4096 {
-        return Err(anyhow!("Block device {:?} is too small: {size}", &path));
+        return Err(anyhow!(
+            "Block device {:?} is too small: {size}",
+            &decompressed_path
+        ));
     }
 
     let salt = [0u8; <Sha256 as OutputSizeUser>::OutputSize::USIZE];
@@ -410,6 +409,8 @@ fn do_create_verity_hash_file(path: &Path, verity_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     let hash = verity::traverse_file(&mut file, 0, false, v, &mut verity::no_write)?;
     let result = format!("{:x}", hash);
 
+    let mut verity_path = decompressed_path.clone();
+    verity_path.set_extension("verity");
     let mut verity_file = std::fs::File::create(verity_path).map_err(|e| anyhow!(e))?;
     verity_file
         .write_all(result.as_bytes())
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ fn build_auth(reference: &Reference) -> RegistryAuth {
 
     let server = reference
         .resolve_registry()
-        .strip_suffix("/")
+        .strip_suffix('/')
         .unwrap_or_else(|| reference.resolve_registry());
 
     match docker_credential::get_credential(server) {
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/secret.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/secret.rs
index 620d7b8834..1e8dba8d5a 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/secret.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/secret.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl Secret {
                     if my_name.eq(name) {
                         if let Some(data) = &self.data {
                             if let Some(value) = data.get(&key_ref.key) {
-                                let value_bytes = general_purpose::STANDARD.decode(&value).unwrap();
+                                let value_bytes = general_purpose::STANDARD.decode(value).unwrap();
                                 let value_string = std::str::from_utf8(&value_bytes).unwrap();
                                 return Some(value_string.to_string());
                             }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs
index 82a83af5f6..9a31c29fa5 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/stateful_set.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl StatefulSet {
                             source:
                                 "^/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/$(bundle-id)-[a-z0-9]{16}-"
                                     .to_string()
-                                    + &file_name
+                                    + file_name
                                     + "$",
                             options: vec![
                                 "rbind".to_string(),
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
index 4484abecd2..0bb6ce7230 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/utils.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,70 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+use clap::Parser;
 use log::debug;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Parser)]
+struct CommandLineOptions {
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        help = "Kubernetes input/output YAML file path. stdin/stdout get used if this option is not specified."
+    )]
+    yaml_file: Option<String>,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        help = "Optional Kubernetes config map YAML input file path"
+    )]
+    config_map_file: Option<String>,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short = 'j',
+        long,
+        default_value_t = String::from("genpolicy-settings.json"),
+        help = "genpolicy settings file name"
+    )]
+    settings_file_name: String,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        default_value_t = String::from("."),
+        help = "Path to the rules.rego and settings input files"
+    )]
+    input_files_path: String,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        help = "Create and use a cache of container image layer contents and dm-verity information (in ./layers_cache/)"
+    )]
+    use_cached_files: bool,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        help = "Print the output Rego policy text to standard output"
+    )]
+    raw_out: bool,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        help = "Print the base64 encoded output Rego policy to standard output"
+    )]
+    base64_out: bool,
+
+    #[clap(
+        short,
+        long,
+        help = "Ignore unsupported input Kubernetes YAML fields. This is not recommeded unless you understand exactly how genpolicy works!"
+    )]
+    silent_unsupported_fields: bool,
+}
+
 /// Application configuration, derived from on command line parameters.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
@@ -21,21 +83,13 @@ pub struct Config {
 }
 
 impl Config {
-    pub fn new(
-        use_cache: bool,
-        yaml_file: Option<String>,
-        input_files_path: &str,
-        settings_file_name: &str,
-        config_map_files: &Vec<String>,
-        silent_unsupported_fields: bool,
-        raw_out: bool,
-        base64_out: bool,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let rules_file = format!("{input_files_path}/rules.rego");
-        debug!("Rules file: {rules_file}");
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let args = CommandLineOptions::parse();
 
-        let settings_file = format!("{input_files_path}/{settings_file_name}");
-        debug!("Settings file: {settings_file}");
+        let mut config_map_files = Vec::new();
+        if let Some(config_map_file) = &args.config_map_file {
+            config_map_files.push(config_map_file.clone());
+        }
 
         let cm_files = if !config_map_files.is_empty() {
             Some(config_map_files.clone())
@@ -43,15 +97,21 @@ impl Config {
             None
         };
 
+        let rules_file = format!("{}/rules.rego", &args.input_files_path);
+        debug!("Rules file: {rules_file}");
+
+        let settings_file = format!("{}/{}", &args.input_files_path, &args.settings_file_name);
+        debug!("Settings file: {settings_file}");
+
         Self {
-            use_cache,
-            yaml_file,
+            use_cache: args.use_cached_files,
+            yaml_file: args.yaml_file,
             rules_file,
             settings_file,
             config_map_files: cm_files,
-            silent_unsupported_fields,
-            raw_out,
-            base64_out,
+            silent_unsupported_fields: args.silent_unsupported_fields,
+            raw_out: args.raw_out,
+            base64_out: args.base64_out,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs
index d20fb0f985..b1f38c57b3 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/yaml.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use core::fmt::Debug;
 use log::debug;
 use protocols::agent;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use serde_yaml;
 use std::boxed;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs::read_to_string;
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ pub fn new_k8s_resource(
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(boxed::Box<dyn K8sResource + Sync + Send>, String)> {
     let header = get_yaml_header(yaml)?;
     let kind: &str = &header.kind;
-    let d = serde_yaml::Deserializer::from_str(&yaml);
+    let d = serde_yaml::Deserializer::from_str(yaml);
 
     match kind {
         "ConfigMap" => {
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ pub fn new_k8s_resource(
 
 pub fn get_input_yaml(yaml_file: &Option<String>) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
     let yaml_string = if let Some(yaml) = yaml_file {
-        read_to_string(&yaml)?
+        read_to_string(yaml)?
     } else {
         std::io::read_to_string(std::io::stdin())?
     };
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ pub fn get_input_yaml(yaml_file: &Option<String>) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
 }
 
 pub fn get_yaml_header(yaml: &str) -> anyhow::Result<YamlHeader> {
-    return Ok(serde_yaml::from_str(yaml)?);
+    Ok(serde_yaml::from_str(yaml)?)
 }
 
 pub async fn k8s_resource_init(spec: &mut pod::PodSpec, use_cache: bool) {
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ pub fn add_policy_annotation(
 
     let path_components = metadata_path.split('.');
     for name in path_components {
-        ancestor = ancestor.get_mut(&name).unwrap();
+        ancestor = ancestor.get_mut(name).unwrap();
     }
 
     if let Some(annotations) = ancestor.get_mut(&annotations_key) {