diff --git a/.changes/cleanup-redundant-clone.md b/.changes/cleanup-redundant-clone.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bfec4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cleanup-redundant-clone.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"wry": patch
+---
+
+Remove redundant clones in WebView and download handling. No user facing changes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6a9d8dc..9335b19 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ impl WebViewExtMacOS for WebView {
   }
 
   fn ns_window(&self) -> Retained<NSWindow> {
-    self.webview.webview.window().unwrap().clone()
+    self.webview.webview.window().unwrap()
   }
 
   fn reparent(&self, window: *mut NSWindow) -> Result<()> {
diff --git a/src/wkwebview/class/url_scheme_handler.rs b/src/wkwebview/class/url_scheme_handler.rs
index c997a41..d047616 100644
--- a/src/wkwebview/class/url_scheme_handler.rs
+++ b/src/wkwebview/class/url_scheme_handler.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ extern "C" fn start_task(
                 .map_err(|_e| crate::Error::CustomProtocolTaskInvalid)?;
 
                 check_webview_id_valid(webview_id)?;
-                check_task_is_valid(&webview, task_key, task_uuid.clone())?;
+                check_task_is_valid(&webview, task_key, task_uuid)?;
 
                 objc2::exception::catch(AssertUnwindSafe(|| {
                   task.didFinish();
diff --git a/src/wkwebview/download.rs b/src/wkwebview/download.rs
index ab0952f..a9763f1 100644
--- a/src/wkwebview/download.rs
+++ b/src/wkwebview/download.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub(crate) fn download_policy(
     let started_fn = &this.ivars().started;
     if let Some(started_fn) = started_fn {
       let mut started_fn = started_fn.borrow_mut();
-      match started_fn(url.to_string().to_string(), &mut download_destination) {
+      match started_fn(url.to_string(), &mut download_destination) {
         true => {
           let path = NSString::from_str(&download_destination.display().to_string());
           let ns_url = NSURL::fileURLWithPath_isDirectory(&path, false);
diff --git a/src/wkwebview/mod.rs b/src/wkwebview/mod.rs
index 8ea851c..a056e4e 100644
--- a/src/wkwebview/mod.rs
+++ b/src/wkwebview/mod.rs
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ impl InnerWebView {
         id: webview_id,
         mtm,
         webview: webview.clone(),
-        manager: manager.clone(),
+        manager,
         ns_view: ns_view.retain(),
         data_store,
         pending_scripts,
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ r#"Object.defineProperty(window, 'ipc', {
             NSAutoresizingMaskOptions::ViewHeightSizable
               | NSAutoresizingMaskOptions::ViewWidthSizable,
           );
-          parent_view.addSubview(&webview.clone());
+          parent_view.addSubview(&webview);
 
           // Tell the webview receive keyboard events in the window.
           // See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry/issues/739