diff --git a/.changes/runtime-wry-avoid-clones.md b/.changes/runtime-wry-avoid-clones.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..afa03acab1f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/runtime-wry-avoid-clones.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-runtime-wry": "minor:changes"
+---
+
+`EventLoopIterationContext` and `UserMessageContext` now takes references to avoid clones
diff --git a/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs b/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs
index 7cfbe1855033..4cbef1e871db 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-runtime-wry/src/lib.rs
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ pub(crate) fn send_user_message<T: UserEvent>(
       &context.main_thread.window_target,
       message,
       UserMessageContext {
-        window_id_map: context.window_id_map.clone(),
-        windows: context.main_thread.windows.clone(),
+        window_id_map: &context.window_id_map,
+        windows: &context.main_thread.windows,
       },
     );
     Ok(())
@@ -3187,13 +3187,13 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> Runtime<T> for Wry<T> {
   #[cfg(desktop)]
   fn run_iteration<F: FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static>(&mut self, mut callback: F) {
     use tao::platform::run_return::EventLoopExtRunReturn;
-    let windows = self.context.main_thread.windows.clone();
-    let window_id_map = self.context.window_id_map.clone();
+    let windows = &self.context.main_thread.windows;
+    let window_id_map = &self.context.window_id_map;
     let web_context = &self.context.main_thread.web_context;
-    let plugins = self.context.plugins.clone();
+    let plugins = &self.context.plugins;
 
     #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-    let active_tracing_spans = self.context.main_thread.active_tracing_spans.clone();
+    let active_tracing_spans = &self.context.main_thread.active_tracing_spans;
 
     let proxy = self.event_loop.create_proxy();
 
@@ -3213,10 +3213,10 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> Runtime<T> for Wry<T> {
             control_flow,
             EventLoopIterationContext {
               callback: &mut callback,
-              window_id_map: window_id_map.clone(),
-              windows: windows.clone(),
+              window_id_map,
+              windows,
               #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-              active_tracing_spans: active_tracing_spans.clone(),
+              active_tracing_spans,
             },
             web_context,
           );
@@ -3231,18 +3231,17 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> Runtime<T> for Wry<T> {
           control_flow,
           EventLoopIterationContext {
             callback: &mut callback,
-            windows: windows.clone(),
-            window_id_map: window_id_map.clone(),
+            windows,
+            window_id_map,
             #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-            active_tracing_spans: active_tracing_spans.clone(),
+            active_tracing_spans,
           },
         );
       });
   }
 
   fn run<F: FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static>(self, callback: F) {
-    let event_handler = make_event_handler(&self, callback);
-
+    let event_handler = make_event_handler(self.context, callback);
     self.event_loop.run(event_handler)
   }
 
@@ -3250,8 +3249,7 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> Runtime<T> for Wry<T> {
   fn run_return<F: FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static>(mut self, callback: F) -> i32 {
     use tao::platform::run_return::EventLoopExtRunReturn;
 
-    let event_handler = make_event_handler(&self, callback);
-
+    let event_handler = make_event_handler(self.context, callback);
     self.event_loop.run_return(event_handler)
   }
 
@@ -3262,22 +3260,18 @@ impl<T: UserEvent> Runtime<T> for Wry<T> {
   }
 }
 
-fn make_event_handler<T, F>(
-  runtime: &Wry<T>,
+fn make_event_handler<T: UserEvent, F: FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static>(
+  context: Context<T>,
   mut callback: F,
-) -> impl FnMut(Event<'_, Message<T>>, &EventLoopWindowTarget<Message<T>>, &mut ControlFlow)
-where
-  T: UserEvent,
-  F: FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static,
-{
-  let windows = runtime.context.main_thread.windows.clone();
-  let window_id_map = runtime.context.window_id_map.clone();
-  let web_context = runtime.context.main_thread.web_context.clone();
-  let plugins = runtime.context.plugins.clone();
+) -> impl FnMut(Event<'_, Message<T>>, &EventLoopWindowTarget<Message<T>>, &mut ControlFlow) {
+  let windows = context.main_thread.windows;
+  let window_id_map = context.window_id_map;
+  let web_context = context.main_thread.web_context;
+  let plugins = context.plugins;
 
   #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-  let active_tracing_spans = runtime.context.main_thread.active_tracing_spans.clone();
-  let proxy = runtime.event_loop.create_proxy();
+  let active_tracing_spans = context.main_thread.active_tracing_spans;
+  let proxy = context.proxy;
 
   move |event, event_loop, control_flow| {
     for p in plugins.lock().unwrap().iter_mut() {
@@ -3288,10 +3282,10 @@ where
         control_flow,
         EventLoopIterationContext {
           callback: &mut callback,
-          window_id_map: window_id_map.clone(),
-          windows: windows.clone(),
+          window_id_map: &window_id_map,
+          windows: &windows,
           #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-          active_tracing_spans: active_tracing_spans.clone(),
+          active_tracing_spans: &active_tracing_spans,
         },
         &web_context,
       );
@@ -3305,10 +3299,10 @@ where
       control_flow,
       EventLoopIterationContext {
         callback: &mut callback,
-        window_id_map: window_id_map.clone(),
-        windows: windows.clone(),
+        window_id_map: &window_id_map,
+        windows: &windows,
         #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-        active_tracing_spans: active_tracing_spans.clone(),
+        active_tracing_spans: &active_tracing_spans,
       },
     );
   }
@@ -3316,15 +3310,15 @@ where
 
 pub struct EventLoopIterationContext<'a, T: UserEvent> {
   pub callback: &'a mut (dyn FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static),
-  pub window_id_map: WindowIdStore,
-  pub windows: Arc<WindowsStore>,
+  pub window_id_map: &'a WindowIdStore,
+  pub windows: &'a WindowsStore,
   #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
-  pub active_tracing_spans: ActiveTraceSpanStore,
+  pub active_tracing_spans: &'a ActiveTraceSpanStore,
 }
 
-struct UserMessageContext {
-  windows: Arc<WindowsStore>,
-  window_id_map: WindowIdStore,
+struct UserMessageContext<'a> {
+  windows: &'a WindowsStore,
+  window_id_map: &'a WindowIdStore,
 }
 
 fn handle_user_message<T: UserEvent>(
@@ -4437,7 +4431,7 @@ fn handle_event_loop<T: UserEvent>(
 fn on_close_requested<'a, T: UserEvent>(
   callback: &'a mut (dyn FnMut(RunEvent<T>) + 'static),
   window_id: WindowId,
-  windows: Arc<WindowsStore>,
+  windows: &WindowsStore,
 ) {
   let (tx, rx) = channel();
   let windows_ref = windows.0.borrow();
@@ -4465,7 +4459,7 @@ fn on_close_requested<'a, T: UserEvent>(
   }
 }
 
-fn on_window_close(window_id: WindowId, windows: Arc<WindowsStore>) {
+fn on_window_close(window_id: WindowId, windows: &WindowsStore) {
   if let Some(window_wrapper) = windows.0.borrow_mut().get_mut(&window_id) {
     window_wrapper.inner = None;
     #[cfg(windows)]