diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/box.rs b/src/components/main/layout/box.rs
index e0d5c587cbc..3159c0863b0 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/box.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/box.rs
@@ -630,13 +630,12 @@ impl Box {
 
                 // Create the text box.
                 do list.with_mut_ref |list| {
-                    let run = text_box.run.clone();
                     let text_display_item = ~TextDisplayItem {
                         base: BaseDisplayItem {
                             bounds: absolute_box_bounds,
                             extra: ExtraDisplayListData::new(&self),
                         },
-                        text_run: run,
+                        text_run: text_box.run.clone(),
                         range: text_box.range,
                         color: color,
                     };
diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/text.rs b/src/components/main/layout/text.rs
index b2dee93eb5e..fe49dd7c8c2 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/text.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/text.rs
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@ impl TextRunScanner {
                            self.clump,
                            *text);
                     let range = Range::new(0, run.get().char_len());
-                    let new_text_box_info = ScannedTextBoxInfo::new(run.clone(), range);
                     let new_metrics = run.get().metrics_for_range(&range);
+                    let new_text_box_info = ScannedTextBoxInfo::new(run, range);
+
                     let new_box = @old_box.transform(new_metrics.bounding_box.size,
                                                      ScannedTextBox(new_text_box_info));
                     out_boxes.push(new_box)