--- a/examples/common.rs
+++ b/examples/common.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn load_rgb_png(surface: &mut GlfwSurfac
             // to 0 for now) and the latest is a the sampler to use when sampling the texels in the
             // shader (we’ll just use the default one)
             let tex =
-                Texture::new(surface, [width, height], 0, &Sampler::default()).expect("luminance texture creation");
+                Texture::new(surface, [width, height], 0, Sampler::default()).expect("luminance texture creation");
 
             // the first argument disables mipmap generation (we don’t care so far)
             tex.upload(GenMipmaps::No, &texels).unwrap();
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn load_rgb_a_pngs(surface: &mut GlfwSur
             // to 0 for now) and the latest is a the sampler to use when sampling the texels in the
             // shader (we’ll just use the default one)
             let tex =
-                Texture::new(surface, [width, height], 0, &Sampler::default()).expect("luminance texture creation");
+                Texture::new(surface, [width, height], 0, Sampler::default()).expect("luminance texture creation");
 
             // the first argument disables mipmap generation (we don’t care so far)
             tex.upload(GenMipmaps::No, &texels).unwrap();