diff --git a/vlib/builtin/string.v b/vlib/builtin/string.v
index 624f420c7d0e41..42152dba0213d2 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/string.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/string.v
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ pub fn (s string) last_index_u8(c u8) int {
 // count returns the number of occurrences of `substr` in the string.
 // count returns -1 if no `substr` could be found.
 @[direct_array_access]
-pub fn (s &string) count(substr string) int {
+pub fn (s string) count(substr string) int {
 	if s.len == 0 || substr.len == 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/v/token/pos.v b/vlib/v/token/pos.v
index 68b460ac7e43d2..05dfdd12625eca 100644
--- a/vlib/v/token/pos.v
+++ b/vlib/v/token/pos.v
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ pub mut:
 pub fn (mut p Pos) free() {
 }
 
-pub fn (p &Pos) line_str() string {
+pub fn (p Pos) line_str() string {
 	return '{l: ${p.line_nr + 1:5}, c: ${p.col:3}, p: ${p.pos:5}, ll: ${p.last_line + 1:5}}'
 }
 
-pub fn (pos &Pos) extend(end Pos) Pos {
+pub fn (pos Pos) extend(end Pos) Pos {
 	return Pos{
 		...pos
 		len:       end.pos - pos.pos + end.len
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn (pos &Pos) extend(end Pos) Pos {
 	}
 }
 
-pub fn (pos &Pos) extend_with_last_line(end Pos, last_line int) Pos {
+pub fn (pos Pos) extend_with_last_line(end Pos, last_line int) Pos {
 	return Pos{
 		len:       end.pos - pos.pos + end.len
 		line_nr:   pos.line_nr
diff --git a/vlib/v/token/token.v b/vlib/v/token/token.v
index ff19fd17539004..e6072ab2c79287 100644
--- a/vlib/v/token/token.v
+++ b/vlib/v/token/token.v
@@ -385,11 +385,11 @@ pub fn (t Kind) str() string {
 }
 
 @[inline]
-pub fn (t &Token) is_next_to(pre_token Token) bool {
+pub fn (t Token) is_next_to(pre_token Token) bool {
 	return t.pos - pre_token.pos == pre_token.len
 }
 
-pub fn (t &Token) str() string {
+pub fn (t Token) str() string {
 	mut s := t.kind.str()
 	if s.len == 0 {
 		eprintln('missing token kind string')
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ const precedences = build_precedences()
 
 // precedence returns a tokens precedence if defined, otherwise 0
 @[direct_array_access; inline]
-pub fn (tok &Token) precedence() int {
+pub fn (tok Token) precedence() int {
 	return int(precedences[tok.kind])
 }
 
@@ -505,13 +505,13 @@ pub fn (kind Kind) precedence() int {
 
 // is_scalar returns true if the token is a scalar
 @[inline]
-pub fn (tok &Token) is_scalar() bool {
+pub fn (tok Token) is_scalar() bool {
 	return tok.kind in [.number, .string]
 }
 
 // is_unary returns true if the token can be in a unary expression
 @[inline]
-pub fn (tok &Token) is_unary() bool {
+pub fn (tok Token) is_unary() bool {
 	// `+` | `-` | `!` | `~` | `*` | `&` | `<-`
 	return tok.kind in [.plus, .minus, .not, .bit_not, .mul, .amp, .arrow]
 }