diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e55c3588..dac561db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ wildcard_dependencies = "warn"
 missing_errors_doc = "allow"
 missing_panics_doc = "allow"
 
-unnecessary_to_owned = "allow"
-
 [package]
 name = "grapevine"
 description = "A Matrix homeserver written in Rust"
diff --git a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
index ccfcedd9..9abfc44d 100644
--- a/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
+++ b/src/database/abstraction/rocksdb.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl KeyValueDatabaseEngine for Arc<Engine> {
         );
 
         // Remove `&& !created_already` when the above is addressed
-        if !self.old_cfs.contains(&name.to_owned()) && !created_already {
+        if !self.old_cfs.contains(name) && !created_already {
             // Create if it didn't exist
             self.rocks
                 .create_cf(name, &db_options(self.max_open_files, &self.cache))