diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/mod.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/mod.rs
index 43102adec9..51daa50590 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/mod.rs
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@ mod tests {
 
             Table::builder()
                 .metadata(resp)
-                .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/00000-8a62c37d-4573-4021-952a-c0baef7d21d0.metadata.json".to_string())
+                .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/00000-8a62c37d-4573-4021-952a-c0baef7d21d0.metadata.json")
                 .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["ns1", "test1"]).unwrap())
                 .file_io(FileIO::new_with_memory())
                 .build()
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata_builder.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata_builder.rs
index 65dbae1bfc..5754b5fe06 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata_builder.rs
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let table = Table::builder()
             .metadata(resp)
-            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json")
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["ns1", "test1"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_memory())
             .build()
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let table = Table::builder()
             .metadata(resp)
-            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json")
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["ns1", "test1"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_memory())
             .build()
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/mod.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/mod.rs
index cb2ff7cf37..ff74e902d1 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         Table::builder()
             .metadata(resp)
-            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json")
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["ns1", "test1"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_memory())
             .build()
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         Table::builder()
             .metadata(resp)
-            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json")
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["ns1", "test1"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_memory())
             .build()
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         Table::builder()
             .metadata(resp)
-            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("s3://bucket/test/location/metadata/v1.json")
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["ns1", "test1"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_memory())
             .build()
diff --git a/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/project.rs b/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/project.rs
index f31bb29dd0..0320d52dd8 100644
--- a/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/project.rs
+++ b/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/project.rs
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/repartition.rs b/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/repartition.rs
index 78063c7309..00552ce9af 100644
--- a/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/repartition.rs
+++ b/crates/integrations/datafusion/src/physical_plan/repartition.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap()
     }
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "bucketed_table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/bucketed_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/bucketed_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "partitioned_bucketed_table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/partitioned_bucketed_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/partitioned_bucketed_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "none_table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/none_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/none_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "range_only_table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/range_only_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/range_only_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "mixed_transforms_table"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/mixed_transforms_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/mixed_transforms_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "temporal_partition"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/temporal_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/temporal_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();
 
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ mod tests {
             .metadata(table_metadata.metadata)
             .identifier(TableIdent::from_strs(["test", "identity_partition"]).unwrap())
             .file_io(FileIO::new_with_fs())
-            .metadata_location("/test/identity_metadata.json".to_string())
+            .metadata_location("/test/identity_metadata.json")
             .build()
             .unwrap();