diff --git a/src/controller.rs b/src/controller.rs
index 1573c13..4572985 100644
--- a/src/controller.rs
+++ b/src/controller.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ pub struct Controller {
 }
 
 impl Controller {
+    #[allow(
+        clippy::too_many_arguments,
+        reason = "Constructor wires the controller channels and shared stream state"
+    )]
     pub fn new(
         reflector_rx: Receiver<Vec<SocketAddr>>,
         icmp_binding_tx: Sender<Vec<IcmpBinding>>,
diff --git a/src/ratecontroller.rs b/src/ratecontroller.rs
index d35e205..867e299 100644
--- a/src/ratecontroller.rs
+++ b/src/ratecontroller.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ pub struct Ratecontroller<S: InterfaceStatsProvider, T: TrafficControlBackend> {
 }
 
 impl<S: InterfaceStatsProvider, T: TrafficControlBackend> Ratecontroller<S, T> {
+    #[allow(
+        clippy::too_many_arguments,
+        reason = "Constructor injects independent runtime and test backends"
+    )]
     fn new_with_backends(
         settings: Settings,
         control_snapshot_rx: Receiver<ControlSnapshot>,
diff --git a/src/reflector_selector.rs b/src/reflector_selector.rs
index 3cbbc89..e1993a6 100644
--- a/src/reflector_selector.rs
+++ b/src/reflector_selector.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl ReflectorSelector {
             }
 
             // Sort the candidates table now by ascending RTT
-            candidates.sort_by(|a, b| a.1.cmp(&b.1));
+            candidates.sort_by_key(|candidate| candidate.1);
 
             // Now we will just limit the candidates down to 2 * num_reflectors
             let num_reflectors = self.settings.reflectors.num_reflectors;