diff --git a/components/devtools/actors/source.rs b/components/devtools/actors/source.rs
index c0284870cee..122448173b2 100644
--- a/components/devtools/actors/source.rs
+++ b/components/devtools/actors/source.rs
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@ impl SourceActor {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_source(
-        actors: &mut ActorRegistry,
-        url: &ServoUrl,
-        content: String,
-    ) -> (SourceActor, String) {
+    pub fn new_source(actors: &mut ActorRegistry, url: &ServoUrl, content: String) -> String {
         let source_actor_name = actors.new_name("source");
 
         // this can do better, we should find a way to identify content_type
@@ -102,8 +98,9 @@ impl SourceActor {
         .to_string();
 
         let source_actor = SourceActor::new(source_actor_name.clone(), content, content_type);
+        actors.register(Box::new(source_actor));
 
-        (source_actor, source_actor_name)
+        source_actor_name
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/devtools/lib.rs b/components/devtools/lib.rs
index b0a403fe816..7ed420ba60e 100644
--- a/components/devtools/lib.rs
+++ b/components/devtools/lib.rs
@@ -514,9 +514,8 @@ impl DevtoolsInstance {
     fn handle_script_source_info(&mut self, pipeline_id: PipelineId, source_info: SourceInfo) {
         let mut actors = self.actors.lock().unwrap();
 
-        let (source_actor, source_actor_name) =
+        let source_actor_name =
             SourceActor::new_source(&mut actors, &source_info.url, source_info.content.clone());
-        actors.register(Box::new(source_actor));
 
         if let Some(worker_id) = source_info.worker_id {
             let Some(worker_actor_name) = self.actor_workers.get(&worker_id) else {
@@ -542,7 +541,7 @@ impl DevtoolsInstance {
 >>>>>>> 2fbcdac63d6 (fmt)
 
             let source = SourceData {
-                actor: source_actor_name.clone(),
+                actor: source_actor_name,
                 url: source_info.url.to_string(),
                 is_black_boxed: false,
                 source_content: source_info.content,