diff --git a/servo/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/servo/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index a53acea4115b..8b7ee5440b73 100644
--- a/servo/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/servo/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ pub fn parse_html(page: &Page,
 
     debug!("Fetched page; metadata is {:?}", load_response.metadata);
 
-    let base_url = load_response.metadata.final_url.clone();
+    let base_url = &load_response.metadata.final_url;
 
     {
         // Store the final URL before we start parsing, so that DOM routines
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ pub fn parse_html(page: &Page,
                                     s.as_slice().eq_ignore_ascii_case("stylesheet")
                                 }) => {
                             debug!("found CSS stylesheet: {:s}", *href);
-                            match UrlParser::new().base_url(&base_url).parse(href.as_slice()) {
+                            match UrlParser::new().base_url(base_url).parse(href.as_slice()) {
                                 Ok(url) => css_chan2.send(CSSTaskNewFile(
                                     UrlProvenance(url, resource_task.clone()))),
                                 Err(e) => debug!("Parsing url {:s} failed: {:s}", *href, e)
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ pub fn parse_html(page: &Page,
                 match script.get_attribute(Null, "src").root() {
                     Some(src) => {
                         debug!("found script: {:s}", src.deref().Value());
-                        match UrlParser::new().base_url(&base_url)
+                        match UrlParser::new().base_url(base_url)
                                 .parse(src.deref().value().as_slice()) {
                             Ok(new_url) => js_chan2.send(JSTaskNewFile(new_url)),
                             Err(e) => debug!("Parsing url {:s} failed: {:s}", src.deref().Value(), e)