diff --git a/src/graph.rs b/src/graph.rs
index 4ac47e3..ee00ac2 100644
--- a/src/graph.rs
+++ b/src/graph.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@ use crate::edge::Edge;
 use crate::node::Node;
 
 /// operations you might want to do on a graph or on nodes in a graph
-pub trait Graph<'g, N: Node + 'g, E: Edge + 'g> {
-    /// return the nodes of a graph
-    fn nodes(&'g self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'g N>;
-
-    /// return the edges of a graph
-    fn edges(&'g self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'g E>;
+pub trait Graph<N: Node, E: Edge> {
     // Connect two nodes, and return the edge
     // TODO: figure out a way to modify self? is that even needed?
     // same for `disconnect()`
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index f53a2d7..defe87d 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use crate::{edge::Edge, graph::Graph, node::Node};
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 struct SimpleEdge {
     id: usize,
     n1: usize,
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ impl Edge for SimpleEdge {
     type HANDLE = usize;
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 struct SimpleNode {
     id: usize,
     edges: HashSet<<SimpleEdge as Edge>::HANDLE>,
@@ -50,15 +48,7 @@ impl SimpleGraph {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'g> Graph<'g, SimpleNode, SimpleEdge> for SimpleGraph {
-    fn nodes(&'g self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'g SimpleNode> {
-        self.nodes.values().into_iter()
-    }
-
-    fn edges(&'g self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &'g SimpleEdge> {
-        self.edges.values().into_iter()
-    }
-
+impl<'a> Graph<SimpleNode, SimpleEdge> for SimpleGraph {
     fn connect(&mut self, node_1: usize, node_2: usize) -> usize {
         let id = self.edges.len();