diff --git a/pagetop/src/app.rs b/pagetop/src/app.rs
index da2f67f6..2a1a1a95 100644
--- a/pagetop/src/app.rs
+++ b/pagetop/src/app.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl Application {
 
         if global::SETTINGS.app.startup_banner.to_lowercase() != "off" {
             // Application name, formatted for the terminal width if necessary.
-            let mut app_ff = "".to_string();
+            let mut app_ff = String::new();
             let app_name = &global::SETTINGS.app.name;
             if let Some((Width(term_width), _)) = terminal_size() {
                 if term_width >= 80 {
diff --git a/pagetop/src/locale.rs b/pagetop/src/locale.rs
index 7c8a9e3c..a20fef5e 100644
--- a/pagetop/src/locale.rs
+++ b/pagetop/src/locale.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl L10n {
 impl fmt::Display for L10n {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let content = match &self.op {
-            L10nOp::None => "".to_string(),
+            L10nOp::None => String::new(),
             L10nOp::Text(text) => text.clone(),
             L10nOp::Translate(key) => self.get().unwrap_or_else(|| format!("No <{}>", key)),
         };