diff --git a/components/canvas_traits/webgl.rs b/components/canvas_traits/webgl.rs
index bdffd586287..89fec5596cd 100644
--- a/components/canvas_traits/webgl.rs
+++ b/components/canvas_traits/webgl.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub use ::webgl_channel::WebGLPipeline;
 pub use ::webgl_channel::WebGLChan;
 
 /// WebGL Message API
-#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum WebGLMsg {
     /// Creates a new WebGLContext.
     CreateContext(WebGLVersion, Size2D<i32>, GLContextAttributes,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl WebGLMsgSender {
 }
 
 /// WebGL Commands for a specific WebGLContext
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum WebGLCommand {
     GetContextAttributes(WebGLSender<GLContextAttributes>),
     ActiveTexture(u32),
diff --git a/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mod.rs b/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mod.rs
index f317d116f3d..3c6bd1690b0 100644
--- a/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mod.rs
+++ b/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mod.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,24 @@ lazy_static! {
     static ref IS_MULTIPROCESS: bool = { opts::multiprocess() };
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub enum WebGLSender<T: Serialize> {
     Ipc(ipc::WebGLSender<T>),
     Mpsc(mpsc::WebGLSender<T>),
 }
 
+impl<T> Clone for WebGLSender<T>
+where
+    T: Serialize,
+{
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        match *self {
+            WebGLSender::Ipc(ref chan) => WebGLSender::Ipc(chan.clone()),
+            WebGLSender::Mpsc(ref chan) => WebGLSender::Mpsc(chan.clone()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: Serialize> fmt::Debug for WebGLSender<T> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "WebGLSender(..)")
diff --git a/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mpsc.rs b/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mpsc.rs
index 79988835b6c..92b83791d36 100644
--- a/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mpsc.rs
+++ b/components/canvas_traits/webgl_channel/mpsc.rs
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ macro_rules! unreachable_serializable {
     };
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct WebGLSender<T>(mpsc::Sender<T>);
 pub struct WebGLReceiver<T>(mpsc::Receiver<T>);
 
+impl<T> Clone for WebGLSender<T> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        WebGLSender(self.0.clone())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> WebGLSender<T> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn send(&self, data: T) -> Result<(), mpsc::SendError<T>> {