diff --git a/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs b/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs
index 82eb167..7a78cd5 100644
--- a/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs
+++ b/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-combine-openpgp.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     let openpgp = OpenPGP;
     let bytes = openpgp.decrypt_all_shards_to_secret(key_discovery.as_deref(), messages_file)?;
-    print!("{}", smex::encode(&bytes));
+    print!("{}", smex::encode(bytes));
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-remote.rs b/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-remote.rs
index f187176..66f7a29 100644
--- a/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-remote.rs
+++ b/crates/keyfork-shard/src/bin/keyfork-shard-remote.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
     let mut bytes = vec![];
     remote_decrypt(&mut bytes)?;
-    print!("{}", smex::encode(&bytes));
+    print!("{}", smex::encode(bytes));
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs b/crates/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs
index 2d441b8..0fcc04e 100644
--- a/crates/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs
+++ b/crates/keyfork/src/cli/shard.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl ShardExec for OpenPGP {
     {
         let openpgp = keyfork_shard::openpgp::OpenPGP;
         let bytes = openpgp.decrypt_all_shards_to_secret(key_discovery, input)?;
-        write!(output, "{}", smex::encode(&bytes))?;
+        write!(output, "{}", smex::encode(bytes))?;
 
         Ok(())
     }