diff --git a/webrender/src/render_backend.rs b/webrender/src/render_backend.rs
index 238399244f..2a60a14c40 100644
--- a/webrender/src/render_backend.rs
+++ b/webrender/src/render_backend.rs
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ impl RenderBackend {
                             if let Some(ref wrapper) = self.webrender_context_handle {
                                 let dispatcher: Option<Box<GLContextDispatcher>> = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
                                     Some(Box::new(WebRenderGLDispatcher {
-                                        dispatcher: self.main_thread_dispatcher.clone()
+                                        dispatcher: Arc::clone(&self.main_thread_dispatcher)
                                     }))
                                 } else {
                                     None
diff --git a/webrender/src/renderer.rs b/webrender/src/renderer.rs
index ada776c124..899f0615da 100644
--- a/webrender/src/renderer.rs
+++ b/webrender/src/renderer.rs
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ impl Renderer {
 
         let file_watch_handler = FileWatcher {
             result_tx: result_tx.clone(),
-            notifier: notifier.clone(),
+            notifier: Arc::clone(&notifier),
         };
 
         let mut device = Device::new(gl,
@@ -857,11 +857,11 @@ impl Renderer {
         device.end_frame();
 
         let main_thread_dispatcher = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
-        let backend_notifier = notifier.clone();
-        let backend_main_thread_dispatcher = main_thread_dispatcher.clone();
+        let backend_notifier = Arc::clone(&notifier);
+        let backend_main_thread_dispatcher = Arc::clone(&main_thread_dispatcher);
 
         let vr_compositor = Arc::new(Mutex::new(None));
-        let backend_vr_compositor = vr_compositor.clone();
+        let backend_vr_compositor = Arc::clone(&vr_compositor);
 
         // We need a reference to the webrender context from the render backend in order to share
         // texture ids