2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/new_lint.rs b/clippy_dev/src/new_lint.rs
index ec7f1dd0d84..420214d9256 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/new_lint.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/new_lint.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::clippy_project_root;
 use indoc::{formatdoc, writedoc};
+use std::fmt;
 use std::fmt::Write as _;
 use std::fs::{self, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::prelude::*;
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ fn get_lint_file_contents(lint: &LintData<'_>, enable_msrv: bool) -> String {
         )
     });
 
-    let _ = write!(result, "{}", get_lint_declaration(&name_upper, category));
+    let _: fmt::Result = write!(result, "{}", get_lint_declaration(&name_upper, category));
 
     result.push_str(&if enable_msrv {
         formatdoc!(
@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ fn create_lint_for_ty(lint: &LintData<'_>, enable_msrv: bool, ty: &str) -> io::R
     let mut lint_file_contents = String::new();
 
     if enable_msrv {
-        let _ = writedoc!(
+        let _: fmt::Result = writedoc!(
             lint_file_contents,
             r#"
                 use clippy_utils::msrvs::{{self, Msrv}};
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ fn create_lint_for_ty(lint: &LintData<'_>, enable_msrv: bool, ty: &str) -> io::R
             name_upper = name_upper,
         );
     } else {
-        let _ = writedoc!(
+        let _: fmt::Result = writedoc!(
             lint_file_contents,
             r#"
                 use rustc_lint::{{{context_import}, LintContext}};
@@ -521,7 +522,7 @@ fn setup_mod_file(path: &Path, lint: &LintData<'_>) -> io::Result<&'static str>
         .chain(std::iter::once(&*lint_name_upper))
         .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
     {
-        let _ = write!(new_arr_content, "\n    {ident},");
+        let _: fmt::Result = write!(new_arr_content, "\n    {ident},");
     }
     new_arr_content.push('\n');
 
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs b/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs
index 837618c9294..779e4d0e1e3 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use rustc_lexer::{tokenize, unescape, LiteralKind, TokenKind};
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
-use std::fmt::Write;
+use std::fmt::{self, Write};
 use std::fs::{self, OpenOptions};
 use std::io::{self, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write as _};
 use std::ops::Range;
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ fn gen_deprecated(lints: &[DeprecatedLint]) -> String {
     let mut output = GENERATED_FILE_COMMENT.to_string();
     output.push_str("{\n");
     for lint in lints {
-        let _ = write!(
+        let _: fmt::Result = write!(
             output,
             concat!(
                 "    store.register_removed(\n",
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ fn gen_declared_lints<'a>(
         if !is_public {
             output.push_str("    #[cfg(feature = \"internal\")]\n");
         }
-        let _ = writeln!(output, "    crate::{module_name}::{lint_name}_INFO,");
+        let _: fmt::Result = writeln!(output, "    crate::{module_name}::{lint_name}_INFO,");
     }
     output.push_str("];\n");