diff --git a/crates/toolkit/src/pluginutils/create_filter.rs b/crates/toolkit/src/pluginutils/create_filter.rs
index 7b7eef9bc..19795e4e1 100644
--- a/crates/toolkit/src/pluginutils/create_filter.rs
+++ b/crates/toolkit/src/pluginutils/create_filter.rs
@@ -2,35 +2,29 @@ use globset::{GlobBuilder, GlobSet, GlobSetBuilder};
 use std::error::Error;
 
 pub fn create_filter<'a>(
-  include_patterns: Option<&'a [&str]>,
-  exclude_patterns: Option<&'a [&str]>,
+    include_patterns: Option<Vec<&'a str>>,
+    exclude_patterns: Option<Vec<&'a str>>,
 ) -> Result<impl Fn(&str) -> bool + 'a, Box<dyn Error>> {
-  let include_set = patterns_builder(include_patterns)?;
-  let exclude_set = patterns_builder(exclude_patterns)?;
+    let include_set = patterns_builder(include_patterns.as_deref())?;
+    let exclude_set = patterns_builder(exclude_patterns.as_deref())?;
 
-  Ok(move |path: &str| {
-    let match_include = match include_patterns {
-      Some(patterns) => patterns.is_empty() || include_set.is_match(path),
-      None => true,
-    };
-    let match_exclude = match exclude_patterns {
-      Some(patterns) => !patterns.is_empty() && exclude_set.is_match(path),
-      None => false,
-    };
-    match_include && !match_exclude
+    Ok(move |path: &str| {
+      let match_include = include_set.is_match(path) || include_set.is_empty();
+      let match_exclude = exclude_set.is_match(path) && !exclude_set.is_empty();
+
+      match_include && !match_exclude
   })
 }
 
-fn patterns_builder<'a>(patterns: Option<&'a [&str]>) -> Result<GlobSet, Box<dyn Error>> {
-  let mut builder = GlobSetBuilder::new();
-  if let Some(patterns) = patterns {
-    for pattern in patterns {
-      builder.add(GlobBuilder::new(pattern.as_ref()).build()?);
+fn patterns_builder(patterns: Option<&[&str]>) -> Result<GlobSet, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let mut builder = GlobSetBuilder::new();
+    if let Some(patterns) = patterns {
+        for &pattern in patterns {
+            builder.add(GlobBuilder::new(pattern).build()?);
+        }
     }
-  }
-  Ok(builder.build()?)
+    builder.build().map_err(Into::into)
 }
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
   use super::*;
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn excludes_items_not_included_if_include_patterns_provided() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let filter = create_filter(Some(&["*.y"]), None)?;
+    let filter = create_filter(Some(vec!["*.y"]), None)?;
     assert!(!filter("x"));
     assert!(filter("a.y"));
     Ok(())
@@ -54,7 +48,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn patterns_with_wildcards() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let filter = create_filter(Some(&["*.y", "a.?"]), None)?;
+    let filter = create_filter(Some(vec!["*.y", "a.?"]), None)?;
     assert!(filter("c.y"));
     assert!(!filter("c.z"));
     assert!(filter("a.x"));
@@ -64,7 +58,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn excludes_items_when_exclude_pattern_provided() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let filter = create_filter(None, Some(&["*.tmp"]))?;
+    let filter = create_filter(None, Some(vec!["*.tmp"]))?;
     assert!(filter("a.out"));
     assert!(!filter("b.tmp"));
     Ok(())
@@ -72,7 +66,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn properly_handles_inclusion_and_exclusion_patterns() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let filter = create_filter(Some(&["*.js"]), Some(&["*.min.js"]))?;
+    let filter = create_filter(Some(vec!["*.js"]), Some(vec!["*.min.js"]))?;
     assert!(filter("app.js"));
     assert!(!filter("app.min.js"));
     assert!(!filter("app.ts"));
@@ -81,7 +75,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn handles_relative_paths_correctly() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let filter = create_filter(Some(&["src/*.js"]), Some(&["src/*.test.js"]))?;
+    let filter = create_filter(Some(vec!["src/*.js"]), Some(vec!["src/*.test.js"]))?;
     assert!(filter(&PathBuf::from("src/main.js").to_string_lossy()));
     assert!(!filter(
       &PathBuf::from("src/main.test.js").to_string_lossy()
@@ -92,7 +86,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn handles_relative_paths() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let filter = create_filter(Some(&["./index.js"]), Some(&["'./foo/../a.js'"]))?;
+    let filter = create_filter(Some(vec!["./index.js"]), Some(vec!["'./foo/../a.js'"]))?;
     assert!(!filter(&normalize_path("index.js")));
     assert!(!filter(&normalize_path("a.js")));
     assert!(!filter(&normalize_path("foo/a.js")));