diff --git a/library/alloc/src/slice.rs b/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
index ae730be0d25a5..8853577371ad6 100644
--- a/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
+++ b/library/alloc/src/slice.rs
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ where
             //    performance than with the 2nd method.
             //
             // All methods were benchmarked, and the 3rd showed best results. So we chose that one.
-            let mut tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(ptr::read(&v[0]));
+            let tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(ptr::read(&v[0]));
 
             // Intermediate state of the insertion process is always tracked by `hole`, which
             // serves two purposes:
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ where
             // If `is_less` panics at any point during the process, `hole` will get dropped and
             // fill the hole in `v` with `tmp`, thus ensuring that `v` still holds every object it
             // initially held exactly once.
-            let mut hole = InsertionHole { src: &mut *tmp, dest: &mut v[1] };
+            let mut hole = InsertionHole { src: &*tmp, dest: &mut v[1] };
             ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(&v[1], &mut v[0], 1);
 
             for i in 2..v.len() {
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ where
 
     // When dropped, copies from `src` into `dest`.
     struct InsertionHole<T> {
-        src: *mut T,
+        src: *const T,
         dest: *mut T,
     }
 
diff --git a/library/core/src/slice/sort.rs b/library/core/src/slice/sort.rs
index b5e6083c66351..8f58e8897b34b 100644
--- a/library/core/src/slice/sort.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/slice/sort.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::ptr;
 
 /// When dropped, copies from `src` into `dest`.
 struct CopyOnDrop<T> {
-    src: *mut T,
+    src: *const T,
     dest: *mut T,
 }
 
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ where
             // Read the first element into a stack-allocated variable. If a following comparison
             // operation panics, `hole` will get dropped and automatically write the element back
             // into the slice.
-            let mut tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(ptr::read(v.get_unchecked(0)));
+            let tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(ptr::read(v.get_unchecked(0)));
             let v = v.as_mut_ptr();
-            let mut hole = CopyOnDrop { src: &mut *tmp, dest: v.add(1) };
+            let mut hole = CopyOnDrop { src: &*tmp, dest: v.add(1) };
             ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(v.add(1), v.add(0), 1);
 
             for i in 2..len {
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ where
             // Read the last element into a stack-allocated variable. If a following comparison
             // operation panics, `hole` will get dropped and automatically write the element back
             // into the slice.
-            let mut tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(ptr::read(v.get_unchecked(len - 1)));
+            let tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(ptr::read(v.get_unchecked(len - 1)));
             let v = v.as_mut_ptr();
-            let mut hole = CopyOnDrop { src: &mut *tmp, dest: v.add(len - 2) };
+            let mut hole = CopyOnDrop { src: &*tmp, dest: v.add(len - 2) };
             ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(v.add(len - 2), v.add(len - 1), 1);
 
             for i in (0..len - 2).rev() {
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ where
         // operation panics, the pivot will be automatically written back into the slice.
 
         // SAFETY: `pivot` is a reference to the first element of `v`, so `ptr::read` is safe.
-        let mut tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(unsafe { ptr::read(pivot) });
-        let _pivot_guard = CopyOnDrop { src: &mut *tmp, dest: pivot };
+        let tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(unsafe { ptr::read(pivot) });
+        let _pivot_guard = CopyOnDrop { src: &*tmp, dest: pivot };
         let pivot = &*tmp;
 
         // Find the first pair of out-of-order elements.
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ where
     // Read the pivot into a stack-allocated variable for efficiency. If a following comparison
     // operation panics, the pivot will be automatically written back into the slice.
     // SAFETY: The pointer here is valid because it is obtained from a reference to a slice.
-    let mut tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(unsafe { ptr::read(pivot) });
-    let _pivot_guard = CopyOnDrop { src: &mut *tmp, dest: pivot };
+    let tmp = mem::ManuallyDrop::new(unsafe { ptr::read(pivot) });
+    let _pivot_guard = CopyOnDrop { src: &*tmp, dest: pivot };
     let pivot = &*tmp;
 
     // Now partition the slice.