diff --git a/.changes/perf-remove-needless-clone.md b/.changes/perf-remove-needless-clone.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e23288c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/perf-remove-needless-clone.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"tauri-bundler": patch:perf
+"tauri-cli": patch:perf
+"tauri-macos-sign": patch:perf
+"tauri": patch:perf
+---
+
+perf: remove needless clones in various files for improved performance. No user facing changes.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/app.rs b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/app.rs
index cd7055f30..703973c2b 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/app.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/app.rs
@@ -65,16 +65,12 @@ pub fn bundle_project(settings: &Settings) -> crate::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
   log::info!(action = "Bundling"; "{} ({})", app_product_name, app_bundle_path.display());
 
   if app_bundle_path.exists() {
-    fs::remove_dir_all(&app_bundle_path).fs_context(
-      "failed to remove old app bundle",
-      app_bundle_path.to_path_buf(),
-    )?;
+    fs::remove_dir_all(&app_bundle_path)
+      .fs_context("failed to remove old app bundle", &app_bundle_path)?;
   }
   let bundle_directory = app_bundle_path.join("Contents");
-  fs::create_dir_all(&bundle_directory).fs_context(
-    "failed to create bundle directory",
-    bundle_directory.to_path_buf(),
-  )?;
+  fs::create_dir_all(&bundle_directory)
+    .fs_context("failed to create bundle directory", &bundle_directory)?;
 
   let resources_dir = bundle_directory.join("Resources");
   let bin_dir = bundle_directory.join("MacOS");
@@ -459,20 +455,12 @@ fn copy_frameworks_to_bundle(
 ) -> crate::Result<Vec<SignTarget>> {
   let mut paths = Vec::new();
 
-  let frameworks = settings
-    .macos()
-    .frameworks
-    .as_ref()
-    .cloned()
-    .unwrap_or_default();
+  let frameworks = settings.macos().frameworks.clone().unwrap_or_default();
   if frameworks.is_empty() {
     return Ok(paths);
   }
   let dest_dir = bundle_directory.join("Frameworks");
-  fs::create_dir_all(&dest_dir).fs_context(
-    "failed to create Frameworks directory",
-    dest_dir.to_path_buf(),
-  )?;
+  fs::create_dir_all(&dest_dir).fs_context("failed to create Frameworks directory", &dest_dir)?;
   for framework in frameworks.iter() {
     if framework.ends_with(".framework") {
       let src_path = PathBuf::from(framework);
diff --git a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/ios.rs b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/ios.rs
index e2a028113..ac035127a 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/ios.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-bundler/src/bundle/macos/ios.rs
@@ -44,15 +44,11 @@ pub fn bundle_project(settings: &Settings) -> crate::Result<Vec<PathBuf>> {
   log::info!(action = "Bundling"; "{} ({})", app_product_name, app_bundle_path.display());
 
   if app_bundle_path.exists() {
-    fs::remove_dir_all(&app_bundle_path).fs_context(
-      "failed to remove old app bundle",
-      app_bundle_path.to_path_buf(),
-    )?;
+    fs::remove_dir_all(&app_bundle_path)
+      .fs_context("failed to remove old app bundle", &app_bundle_path)?;
   }
-  fs::create_dir_all(&app_bundle_path).fs_context(
-    "failed to create bundle directory",
-    app_bundle_path.to_path_buf(),
-  )?;
+  fs::create_dir_all(&app_bundle_path)
+    .fs_context("failed to create bundle directory", &app_bundle_path)?;
 
   for src in settings.resource_files() {
     let src = src?;
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/acl/permission/ls.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/acl/permission/ls.rs
index 7cb7c3d1b..1265c3c24 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/acl/permission/ls.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/acl/permission/ls.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
 
   if acl_manifests_path.exists() {
     let plugin_manifest_json = read_to_string(&acl_manifests_path)
-      .fs_context("failed to read plugin manifest", acl_manifests_path.clone())?;
+      .fs_context("failed to read plugin manifest", acl_manifests_path)?;
     let acl = serde_json::from_str::<BTreeMap<String, Manifest>>(&plugin_manifest_json)
       .context("failed to parse plugin manifest as JSON")?;
 
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/dev/builtin_dev_server.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/dev/builtin_dev_server.rs
index 067a64f67..1b49058ed 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/dev/builtin_dev_server.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/dev/builtin_dev_server.rs
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ fn inject_address(html_bytes: Vec<u8>, address: &SocketAddr) -> Vec<u8> {
 }
 
 fn fs_read_scoped(path: PathBuf, scope: &Path) -> crate::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-  let path = dunce::canonicalize(&path).fs_context("failed to canonicalize path", path.clone())?;
+  let path = dunce::canonicalize(&path).fs_context("failed to canonicalize path", path)?;
   if path.starts_with(scope) {
-    std::fs::read(&path).fs_context("failed to read file", path.clone())
+    std::fs::read(&path).fs_context("failed to read file", &path)
   } else {
     crate::error::bail!("forbidden path")
   }
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/updater_signature.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/updater_signature.rs
index 5ec0ebe8a..9367e7bad 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/updater_signature.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/helpers/updater_signature.rs
@@ -146,10 +146,8 @@ where
   std::fs::write(&signature_path, encoded_signature.as_bytes())
     .fs_context("failed to write signature file", signature_path.clone())?;
   Ok((
-    fs::canonicalize(&signature_path).fs_context(
-      "failed to canonicalize signature file",
-      signature_path.clone(),
-    )?,
+    fs::canonicalize(&signature_path)
+      .fs_context("failed to canonicalize signature file", &signature_path)?,
     signature_box,
   ))
 }
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/init.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/init.rs
index a72137388..a809ba317 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/init.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/init.rs
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ impl Options {
     let package_json_path = PathBuf::from(&self.directory).join("package.json");
 
     let init_defaults = if package_json_path.exists() {
-      let package_json_text = read_to_string(&package_json_path)
-        .fs_context("failed to read", package_json_path.clone())?;
+      let package_json_text =
+        read_to_string(&package_json_path).fs_context("failed to read", &package_json_path)?;
       let package_json: crate::PackageJson =
         serde_json::from_str(&package_json_text).context("failed to parse JSON")?;
       let (framework, _) = infer_framework(&package_json_text);
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs
index f5edb4d6e..e747f236b 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/desktop.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ fn rename_app(
       ""
     };
     let new_path = bin_path.with_file_name(format!("{main_binary_name}{extension}"));
-    fs::rename(&bin_path, &new_path).fs_context("failed to rename app binary", bin_path.clone())?;
+    fs::rename(&bin_path, &new_path).fs_context("failed to rename app binary", bin_path)?;
     Ok(new_path)
   } else {
     Ok(bin_path)
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/manifest.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/manifest.rs
index 452aecaaa..03e9768bd 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/manifest.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust/manifest.rs
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ pub fn rewrite_manifest(config: &Config) -> crate::Result<(Manifest, bool)> {
 
   if persist && original_manifest_str != new_manifest_str {
     std::fs::write(&manifest_path, new_manifest_str)
-      .fs_context("failed to rewrite Cargo manifest", manifest_path.clone())?;
+      .fs_context("failed to rewrite Cargo manifest", &manifest_path)?;
     Ok((
       Manifest {
         inner: manifest,
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v1/manifest.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v1/manifest.rs
index d4d03f38d..2092651d3 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v1/manifest.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v1/manifest.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn migrate(tauri_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
   migrate_manifest(&mut manifest)?;
 
   std::fs::write(&manifest_path, serialize_manifest(&manifest))
-    .fs_context("failed to rewrite Cargo manifest", manifest_path.clone())?;
+    .fs_context("failed to rewrite Cargo manifest", &manifest_path)?;
 
   Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v2_beta.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v2_beta.rs
index 6910ba116..aad493670 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v2_beta.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/migrate/migrations/v2_beta.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ pub fn run() -> Result<()> {
 
   migrate_npm_dependencies(frontend_dir)?;
 
-  std::fs::write(&manifest_path, serialize_manifest(&manifest)).fs_context(
-    "failed to rewrite Cargo manifest",
-    manifest_path.to_path_buf(),
-  )?;
+  std::fs::write(&manifest_path, serialize_manifest(&manifest))
+    .fs_context("failed to rewrite Cargo manifest", &manifest_path)?;
 
   Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
index 9f4aab42c..3f5b2c1a2 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<BuiltApplica
       tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().context("failed to create temporary file")?;
 
     let merged_plist = merge_plist(vec![
-      export_options_plist_path.clone().into(),
+      export_options_plist_path.into(),
       plist::Value::from(export_options_plist).into(),
     ])?;
     merged_plist
diff --git a/crates/tauri-macos-sign/src/lib.rs b/crates/tauri-macos-sign/src/lib.rs
index 64a9c3d57..87e30fdee 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-macos-sign/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-macos-sign/src/lib.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ fn notarize_inner(
         String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
       )))
     } else {
-      Err(Error::Notarize(log_message.to_string()))
+      Err(Error::Notarize(log_message))
     }
   } else {
     Err(Error::ParseNotarytoolOutput {
diff --git a/crates/tauri/src/path/plugin.rs b/crates/tauri/src/path/plugin.rs
index 4368531b1..e65e5ddfd 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/src/path/plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri/src/path/plugin.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::{
 /// <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/blob/46fa867ff7043e3a0545bf3def7be904e1497afd/crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs#L73-L106>
 fn normalize_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
   let mut components = path.components().peekable();
-  let mut ret = if let Some(c @ Component::Prefix(..)) = components.peek().cloned() {
+  let mut ret = if let Some(c @ Component::Prefix(..)) = components.peek().copied() {
     components.next();
     PathBuf::from(c.as_os_str())
   } else {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn normalize_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 /// <https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/blob/46fa867ff7043e3a0545bf3def7be904e1497afd/crates/cargo-util/src/paths.rs#L73-L106>
 fn normalize_path_no_absolute(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
   let mut components = path.components().peekable();
-  let mut ret = if let Some(c @ Component::Prefix(..)) = components.peek().cloned() {
+  let mut ret = if let Some(c @ Component::Prefix(..)) = components.peek().copied() {
     components.next();
     PathBuf::from(c.as_os_str())
   } else {