diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 8bccf68029aa..03a960da75fb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -2769,8 +2769,8 @@ fn collect_paths_for_type(first_ty: clean::Type, cache: &Cache) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut work = VecDeque::new();
 
     let mut process_path = |did: DefId| {
-        let get_extern = || cache.external_paths.get(&did).map(|s| s.0.clone());
-        let fqp = cache.exact_paths.get(&did).cloned().or_else(get_extern);
+        let get_extern = || cache.external_paths.get(&did).map(|s| &s.0);
+        let fqp = cache.exact_paths.get(&did).or_else(get_extern);
 
         if let Some(path) = fqp {
             out.push(join_with_double_colon(&path));
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
index c16d6477fc37..73cb135bbf8c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
@@ -1027,8 +1027,8 @@ fn item_trait(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clean:
         .chain(std::iter::once("implementors"))
         .collect();
     if let Some(did) = it.item_id.as_def_id() &&
-        let get_extern = { || cache.external_paths.get(&did).map(|s| s.0.clone()) } &&
-        let Some(fqp) = cache.exact_paths.get(&did).cloned().or_else(get_extern) {
+        let get_extern = { || cache.external_paths.get(&did).map(|s| &s.0) } &&
+        let Some(fqp) = cache.exact_paths.get(&did).or_else(get_extern) {
         js_src_path.extend(fqp[..fqp.len() - 1].iter().copied());
         js_src_path.push_fmt(format_args!("{}.{}.js", it.type_(), fqp.last().unwrap()));
     } else {