diff --git a/src/egui_node.rs b/src/egui_node.rs
index 8d2dab10b..86e3cc508 100644
--- a/src/egui_node.rs
+++ b/src/egui_node.rs
@@ -389,10 +389,10 @@ impl Node for EguiNode {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn as_color_image(image: &egui::ImageData) -> egui::ColorImage {
+pub fn as_color_image(image: egui::ImageData) -> egui::ColorImage {
     match image {
-        egui::ImageData::Color(image) => image.clone(),
-        egui::ImageData::Alpha(image) => alpha_image_as_color_image(image),
+        egui::ImageData::Color(image) => image,
+        egui::ImageData::Alpha(image) => alpha_image_as_color_image(&image),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 659043bf7..16154c5bf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ fn update_egui_textures(
         let set_textures = std::mem::take(&mut egui_render_output.textures_delta.set);
 
         for (texture_id, image_delta) in set_textures {
-            let color_image = egui_node::as_color_image(&image_delta.image);
+            let color_image = egui_node::as_color_image(image_delta.image);
 
             let texture_id = match texture_id {
                 egui::TextureId::Managed(texture_id) => texture_id,