diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/axis.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/axis.rs
index 6111315f6..146c64f13 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/axis.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/plot/axis.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub(super) const Y_AXIS: usize = 1;
 ///
 /// `Default` means bottom for x-axis and left for y-axis.
 /// `Opposite` means top for x-axis and right for y-axis.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Placement {
     Default,
     Opposite,
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ impl<const AXIS: usize> Default for AxisHints<AXIS> {
     /// maximum `digits` on tick label is 5
     fn default() -> Self {
         let label = match AXIS {
-            X_AXIS => "x".to_string(),
-            Y_AXIS => "y".to_string(),
+            X_AXIS => "x".to_owned(),
+            Y_AXIS => "y".to_owned(),
             _ => unreachable!(),
         };
         Self {
diff --git a/crates/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/plot_demo.rs b/crates/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/plot_demo.rs
index c74cee818..f10a03ca0 100644
--- a/crates/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/plot_demo.rs
+++ b/crates/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/plot_demo.rs
@@ -551,17 +551,17 @@ impl CustomAxisDemo {
 
         let x_axes = vec![
             XAxisHints::default()
-                .label("Time".to_string())
+                .label("Time".to_owned())
                 .formatter(x_fmt),
-            XAxisHints::default().label("Value".to_string()),
+            XAxisHints::default().label("Value".to_owned()),
         ];
         let y_axes = vec![
             YAxisHints::default()
-                .label("Percent".to_string())
+                .label("Percent".to_owned())
                 .formatter(y_fmt)
                 .max_digits(4),
             YAxisHints::default()
-                .label("Absolute".to_string())
+                .label("Absolute".to_owned())
                 .placement(Placement::Opposite),
         ];
         Plot::new("custom_axes")