diff --git a/clarity/src/vm/representations.rs b/clarity/src/vm/representations.rs
index 0f779b479f..7e5423b850 100644
--- a/clarity/src/vm/representations.rs
+++ b/clarity/src/vm/representations.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ guarded_string!(
 );
 
 impl StacksMessageCodec for ClarityName {
+    #[allow(clippy::needless_as_bytes)] // as_bytes isn't necessary, but verbosity is preferable in the codec impls
     fn consensus_serialize<W: Write>(&self, fd: &mut W) -> Result<(), codec_error> {
         // ClarityName can't be longer than vm::representations::MAX_STRING_LEN, which itself is
         // a u8, so we should be good here.
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ impl StacksMessageCodec for ClarityName {
 }
 
 impl StacksMessageCodec for ContractName {
+    #[allow(clippy::needless_as_bytes)] // as_bytes isn't necessary, but verbosity is preferable in the codec impls
     fn consensus_serialize<W: Write>(&self, fd: &mut W) -> Result<(), codec_error> {
         if self.as_bytes().len() < CONTRACT_MIN_NAME_LENGTH
             || self.as_bytes().len() > CONTRACT_MAX_NAME_LENGTH