diff --git a/AK/AKString.h b/AK/AKString.h
index 39a78cfa36..f99e954b40 100755
--- a/AK/AKString.h
+++ b/AK/AKString.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     String(const String& other)
-        : m_impl(const_cast<String&>(other).m_impl.copy_ref())
+        : m_impl(const_cast<String&>(other).m_impl)
     {
     }
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public:
     String& operator=(const String& other)
     {
         if (this != &other)
-            m_impl = const_cast<String&>(other).m_impl.copy_ref();
+            m_impl = const_cast<String&>(other).m_impl;
         return *this;
     }
 
diff --git a/AK/ByteBuffer.h b/AK/ByteBuffer.h
index 5e4122b73e..f2cc8d623f 100644
--- a/AK/ByteBuffer.h
+++ b/AK/ByteBuffer.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public:
     ByteBuffer() {}
     ByteBuffer(std::nullptr_t) {}
     ByteBuffer(const ByteBuffer& other)
-        : m_impl(other.m_impl.copy_ref())
+        : m_impl(other.m_impl)
     {
     }
     ByteBuffer(ByteBuffer&& other)
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ public:
     }
     ByteBuffer& operator=(const ByteBuffer& other)
     {
-        m_impl = other.m_impl.copy_ref();
+        if (this != &other)
+            m_impl = other.m_impl;
         return *this;
     }
 
diff --git a/AK/RefPtr.h b/AK/RefPtr.h
index bcf04ec328..2bda609789 100644
--- a/AK/RefPtr.h
+++ b/AK/RefPtr.h
@@ -64,13 +64,15 @@ public:
     {
     }
     RefPtr(const RefPtr& other)
-        : m_ptr(const_cast<RefPtr&>(other).copy_ref().leak_ref())
+        : m_ptr(const_cast<T*>(other.ptr()))
     {
+        ref_if_not_null(m_ptr);
     }
     template<typename U>
     RefPtr(const RefPtr<U>& other)
-        : m_ptr(const_cast<RefPtr<U>&>(other).copy_ref().leak_ref())
+        : m_ptr(static_cast<T*>(const_cast<U*>(other.ptr())))
     {
+        ref_if_not_null(m_ptr);
     }
     ~RefPtr()
     {
diff --git a/AK/WeakPtr.h b/AK/WeakPtr.h
index ea60cd16c5..1b8297b356 100644
--- a/AK/WeakPtr.h
+++ b/AK/WeakPtr.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
     bool operator==(const OwnPtr<T>& other) const { return ptr() == other.ptr(); }
 
 private:
-    WeakPtr(RefPtr<WeakLink<T>>&& link)
+    WeakPtr(RefPtr<WeakLink<T>> link)
         : m_link(move(link))
     {
     }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ inline WeakPtr<T> Weakable<T>::make_weak_ptr()
 {
     if (!m_link)
         m_link = adopt(*new WeakLink<T>(static_cast<T&>(*this)));
-    return WeakPtr<T>(m_link.copy_ref());
+    return WeakPtr<T>(m_link);
 }
 
 template<typename T>