Perhaps related to #2042, but it seemed different enough to open a new issue.

With the following code: https://play.rust-lang.org/?gist=35d367db95cd56394d0bb9a05247b94c&version=nightly

fn main() {
    let a: &str = "abc";
    let b: String = "abc".to_owned();
    println!("{}", a > &b);
}

Clippy complains that the reference should be removed, but removing the reference causes the code to stop compiling.