diff --git a/src/autorouter/invoker.rs b/src/autorouter/invoker.rs
index 5f07274..55d7654 100644
--- a/src/autorouter/invoker.rs
+++ b/src/autorouter/invoker.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ impl<M: AccessMesadata> Invoker<M> {
         let last_done = self.history.last_done()?;
 
         if let Some(edit) = last_done.edit() {
-            self.autorouter.board.apply(edit.reverse());
+            self.autorouter.board.apply(&edit.reverse());
         }
 
         Ok(self.history.undo()?)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ impl<M: AccessMesadata> Invoker<M> {
         let last_undone = self.history.last_undone()?;
 
         if let Some(edit) = last_undone.edit() {
-            self.autorouter.board.apply(edit.clone());
+            self.autorouter.board.apply(edit);
         }
 
         Ok(self.history.redo()?)
diff --git a/src/board/mod.rs b/src/board/mod.rs
index 227b76a..d6da0e9 100644
--- a/src/board/mod.rs
+++ b/src/board/mod.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl<M: AccessMesadata>
         BendIndex,
     > for Board<M>
 {
-    fn apply(&mut self, edit: LayoutEdit) {
+    fn apply(&mut self, edit: &LayoutEdit) {
         self.layout.apply(edit);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/drawing/drawing.rs b/src/drawing/drawing.rs
index 05df6e6..96bbe54 100644
--- a/src/drawing/drawing.rs
+++ b/src/drawing/drawing.rs
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ impl<CW: Copy, R: AccessRules>
         BendIndex,
     > for Drawing<CW, R>
 {
-    fn apply(&mut self, edit: DrawingEdit<CW>) {
+    fn apply(&mut self, edit: &DrawingEdit<CW>) {
         self.recording_geometry_with_rtree.apply(edit);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/geometry/edit.rs b/src/geometry/edit.rs
index d83cd9f..f497cf8 100644
--- a/src/geometry/edit.rs
+++ b/src/geometry/edit.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub trait ApplyGeometryEdit<
     BI: GetPetgraphIndex + Into<PI> + Eq + Hash + Copy,
 >
 {
-    fn apply(&mut self, edit: GeometryEdit<PW, DW, SW, BW, CW, PI, DI, SI, BI>);
+    fn apply(&mut self, edit: &GeometryEdit<PW, DW, SW, BW, CW, PI, DI, SI, BI>);
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/src/geometry/recording_with_rtree.rs b/src/geometry/recording_with_rtree.rs
index 4605955..b950220 100644
--- a/src/geometry/recording_with_rtree.rs
+++ b/src/geometry/recording_with_rtree.rs
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ impl<
     > ApplyGeometryEdit<PW, DW, SW, BW, CW, PI, DI, SI, BI>
     for RecordingGeometryWithRtree<PW, DW, SW, BW, CW, PI, DI, SI, BI>
 {
-    fn apply(&mut self, edit: GeometryEdit<PW, DW, SW, BW, CW, PI, DI, SI, BI>) {
+    fn apply(&mut self, edit: &GeometryEdit<PW, DW, SW, BW, CW, PI, DI, SI, BI>) {
         for (compound, (maybe_old_data, ..)) in &edit.compounds {
             if maybe_old_data.is_some() {
                 self.geometry_with_rtree.remove_compound(*compound);
diff --git a/src/layout/layout.rs b/src/layout/layout.rs
index 4ad667c..9b89ad4 100644
--- a/src/layout/layout.rs
+++ b/src/layout/layout.rs
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ impl<R: AccessRules>
         BendIndex,
     > for Layout<R>
 {
-    fn apply(&mut self, edit: LayoutEdit) {
+    fn apply(&mut self, edit: &LayoutEdit) {
         self.drawing.apply(edit);
     }
 }