diff --git a/packages/std/src/serde_basic_type.rs b/packages/std/src/serde_basic_type.rs
index 34e46a158f..1d9eb87876 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/serde_basic_type.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/serde_basic_type.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ impl SerializeForBasicType for String {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn serialize_to_bytes<T: SerializeForBasicType>(value: &T) -> Vec<u8> {
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
     value.serialize(&mut buf);
diff --git a/packages/std/src/traits.rs b/packages/std/src/traits.rs
index c4f0668e4b..e815a06f55 100644
--- a/packages/std/src/traits.rs
+++ b/packages/std/src/traits.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use crate::query::{
 };
 use crate::results::{ContractResult, Empty, SystemResult};
 use crate::serde::{from_binary, to_binary, to_vec};
-use crate::serde_basic_type::deserialize_from_bytes;
+use crate::serde_basic_type::{deserialize_from_bytes, SerializeForBasicType};
 use crate::ContractInfoResponse;
 #[cfg(feature = "cosmwasm_1_3")]
 use crate::{DenomMetadata, PageRequest};
@@ -246,18 +246,17 @@ impl<'a, C: CustomQuery> QuerierWrapper<'a, C> {
     }
     pub fn query_ex<U: SerializeForBasicType>(&self, request: &QueryRequest<C>) -> StdResult<U> {
         let raw = to_vec(request).map_err(|serialize_err| {
-            StdError::generic_err(format!("Serializing QueryRequest: {}", serialize_err))
+            StdError::generic_err(format!("Serializing QueryRequest: {serialize_err}"))
         })?;
         match self.raw_query(&raw) {
             SystemResult::Err(system_err) => Err(StdError::generic_err(format!(
-                "Querier system error: {}",
-                system_err
+                "Querier system error: {system_err}"
             ))),
             SystemResult::Ok(ContractResult::Err(contract_err)) => Err(StdError::generic_err(
-                format!("Querier contract error: {}", contract_err),
+                format!("Querier contract error: {contract_err}"),
             )),
             SystemResult::Ok(ContractResult::Ok(value)) => {
-                Ok(deserialize_from_bytes((&value).to_vec()).unwrap())
+                Ok(deserialize_from_bytes((value).to_vec()).unwrap())
             }
         }
     }