diff --git a/milli/src/search/distinct/facet_distinct.rs b/milli/src/search/distinct/facet_distinct.rs
index 322843ee0..de7b28141 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/distinct/facet_distinct.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/distinct/facet_distinct.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl DocIter for FacetDistinctIter<'_> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> Distinct<'_> for FacetDistinct<'a> {
+impl<'a> Distinct for FacetDistinct<'a> {
     type Iter = FacetDistinctIter<'a>;
 
     fn distinct(&mut self, candidates: RoaringBitmap, excluded: RoaringBitmap) -> Self::Iter {
diff --git a/milli/src/search/distinct/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/distinct/mod.rs
index 68a94ed48..945beb7e6 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/distinct/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/distinct/mod.rs
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ pub trait DocIter: Iterator<Item = anyhow::Result<DocumentId>> {
 /// must return an iterator containing only distinct documents, and add the discarded documents to
 /// the excluded set. The excluded set can later be retrieved by calling `DocIter::excluded` on the
 /// returned iterator.
-pub trait Distinct<'a> {
+pub trait Distinct {
     type Iter: DocIter;
 
-    fn distinct(&'a mut self, candidates: RoaringBitmap, excluded: RoaringBitmap) -> Self::Iter;
+    fn distinct(&mut self, candidates: RoaringBitmap, excluded: RoaringBitmap) -> Self::Iter;
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/milli/src/search/distinct/noop_distinct.rs b/milli/src/search/distinct/noop_distinct.rs
index 3de9be631..bfaafed85 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/distinct/noop_distinct.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/distinct/noop_distinct.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl DocIter for NoopDistinctIter {
     }
 }
 
-impl Distinct<'_> for NoopDistinct {
+impl Distinct for NoopDistinct {
     type Iter = NoopDistinctIter;
 
     fn distinct(&mut self, candidates: RoaringBitmap, excluded: RoaringBitmap) -> Self::Iter {
diff --git a/milli/src/search/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
index 36a155290..11f56b7a6 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -147,12 +147,13 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn perform_sort(
+    fn perform_sort<D: Distinct>(
         &self,
-        mut distinct: impl for<'c> Distinct<'c>,
+        mut distinct: D,
         matching_words: MatchingWords,
         mut criteria: Final,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<SearchResult> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<SearchResult>
+    {
         let mut offset = self.offset;
         let mut initial_candidates = RoaringBitmap::new();
         let mut excluded_candidates = RoaringBitmap::new();