diff --git a/examples/markdown/src/main.rs b/examples/markdown/src/main.rs
index efe5b324..173cb389 100644
--- a/examples/markdown/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/markdown/src/main.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ impl Markdown {
         (
             Self {
                 content: text_editor::Content::with_text(INITIAL_CONTENT),
-                items: markdown::parse(INITIAL_CONTENT, &theme.palette())
+                items: markdown::parse(INITIAL_CONTENT, theme.palette())
                     .collect(),
                 theme,
             },
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl Markdown {
                 if is_edit {
                     self.items = markdown::parse(
                         &self.content.text(),
-                        &self.theme.palette(),
+                        self.theme.palette(),
                     )
                     .collect();
                 }
diff --git a/widget/src/markdown.rs b/widget/src/markdown.rs
index c5eeaea9..9cd4a62f 100644
--- a/widget/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/widget/src/markdown.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ pub enum Item {
 }
 
 /// Parse the given Markdown content.
-pub fn parse<'a>(
-    markdown: &'a str,
-    palette: &'a theme::Palette,
-) -> impl Iterator<Item = Item> + 'a {
+pub fn parse(
+    markdown: &str,
+    palette: theme::Palette,
+) -> impl Iterator<Item = Item> + '_ {
     struct List {
         start: Option<u64>,
         items: Vec<Vec<Item>>,