diff --git a/proxmox-log/src/file_logger.rs b/proxmox-log/src/file_logger.rs
index 1e67b450..39d16857 100644
--- a/proxmox-log/src/file_logger.rs
+++ b/proxmox-log/src/file_logger.rs
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ impl FileLogger {
             flags |= OFlag::O_EXCL;
         }
 
-        let file =
-            atomic_open_or_create_file(&file_name, flags, &[], options.file_opts.clone(), false)?;
+        let file = atomic_open_or_create_file(&file_name, flags, &[], options.file_opts, false)?;
 
         Ok(file)
     }
diff --git a/proxmox-rest-server/src/worker_task.rs b/proxmox-rest-server/src/worker_task.rs
index 24e2676e..9351bbee 100644
--- a/proxmox-rest-server/src/worker_task.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rest-server/src/worker_task.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ impl WorkerTaskSetup {
     fn lock_task_list_files(&self, exclusive: bool) -> Result<TaskListLockGuard, Error> {
         let options = self
             .file_opts
-            .clone()
             .perm(nix::sys::stat::Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o660));
 
         let timeout = std::time::Duration::new(15, 0);
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ impl WorkerTaskSetup {
         let mut path = self.log_directory(upid);
         let dir_opts = self
             .file_opts
-            .clone()
             .perm(nix::sys::stat::Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o755));
 
         create_path(&path, None, Some(dir_opts))?;
@@ -222,7 +220,6 @@ impl WorkerTaskSetup {
 
         let options = self
             .file_opts
-            .clone()
             .perm(nix::sys::stat::Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o660));
 
         replace_file(&self.active_tasks_fn, active_raw.as_bytes(), options, false)?;
@@ -237,7 +234,6 @@ impl WorkerTaskSetup {
         if !finish_list.is_empty() {
             let options = self
                 .file_opts
-                .clone()
                 .perm(nix::sys::stat::Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o660));
 
             let mut writer = atomic_open_or_create_file(
@@ -268,10 +264,9 @@ impl WorkerTaskSetup {
         try_block!({
             let dir_opts = self
                 .file_opts
-                .clone()
                 .perm(nix::sys::stat::Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o755));
 
-            create_path(&self.taskdir, Some(dir_opts.clone()), Some(dir_opts))?;
+            create_path(&self.taskdir, Some(dir_opts), Some(dir_opts))?;
             // fixme:??? create_path(pbs_buildcfg::PROXMOX_BACKUP_RUN_DIR, None, Some(opts))?;
             Ok(())
         })
@@ -901,7 +896,7 @@ impl WorkerTask {
             exclusive: true,
             prefix_time: true,
             read: true,
-            file_opts: setup.file_opts.clone(),
+            file_opts: setup.file_opts,
             ..Default::default()
         };
         let logger = FileLogger::new(path, logger_options)?;
diff --git a/proxmox-rrd/src/cache.rs b/proxmox-rrd/src/cache.rs
index 9dd85a16..29d46ed5 100644
--- a/proxmox-rrd/src/cache.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rrd/src/cache.rs
@@ -66,12 +66,8 @@ impl Cache {
         let file_options = file_options.unwrap_or_default();
         let dir_options = dir_options.unwrap_or_default();
 
-        create_path(
-            &basedir,
-            Some(dir_options.clone()),
-            Some(dir_options.clone()),
-        )
-        .map_err(|err: Error| format_err!("unable to create rrdb stat dir - {}", err))?;
+        create_path(&basedir, Some(dir_options), Some(dir_options))
+            .map_err(|err: Error| format_err!("unable to create rrdb stat dir - {}", err))?;
 
         let config = Arc::new(CacheConfig {
             basedir,
diff --git a/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/journal.rs b/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/journal.rs
index c196b342..fe48f23b 100644
--- a/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/journal.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/journal.rs
@@ -112,13 +112,8 @@ impl JournalState {
         journal_path.push(RRD_JOURNAL_NAME);
 
         let flags = OFlag::O_CLOEXEC | OFlag::O_RDONLY;
-        let journal = atomic_open_or_create_file(
-            &journal_path,
-            flags,
-            &[],
-            self.config.file_options.clone(),
-            false,
-        )?;
+        let journal =
+            atomic_open_or_create_file(&journal_path, flags, &[], self.config.file_options, false)?;
         Ok(BufReader::new(journal))
     }
 
@@ -127,13 +122,8 @@ impl JournalState {
         journal_path.push(RRD_JOURNAL_NAME);
 
         let flags = OFlag::O_CLOEXEC | OFlag::O_WRONLY | OFlag::O_APPEND;
-        let journal = atomic_open_or_create_file(
-            &journal_path,
-            flags,
-            &[],
-            config.file_options.clone(),
-            false,
-        )?;
+        let journal =
+            atomic_open_or_create_file(&journal_path, flags, &[], config.file_options, false)?;
         Ok(journal)
     }
 
diff --git a/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/rrd_map.rs b/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/rrd_map.rs
index 0ef61cfa..27ea8e6e 100644
--- a/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/rrd_map.rs
+++ b/proxmox-rrd/src/cache/rrd_map.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ impl RRDMap {
                 None => {
                     create_path(
                         path.parent().unwrap(),
-                        Some(self.config.dir_options.clone()),
-                        Some(self.config.dir_options.clone()),
+                        Some(self.config.dir_options),
+                        Some(self.config.dir_options),
                     )?;
 
                     (self.create_rrd_cb)(dst)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl RRDMap {
         if let Some(rrd) = self.map.get(rel_path) {
             let mut path = self.config.basedir.clone();
             path.push(rel_path);
-            rrd.save(&path, self.config.file_options.clone(), true)
+            rrd.save(&path, self.config.file_options, true)
         } else {
             bail!("rrd file {} not loaded", rel_path);
         }
diff --git a/proxmox-shared-cache/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-shared-cache/src/lib.rs
index d0b2148a..65abc1ac 100644
--- a/proxmox-shared-cache/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-shared-cache/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ impl SharedCache {
         proxmox_sys::fs::replace_file(
             &self.path,
             new_content.as_bytes(),
-            self.create_options.clone(),
+            self.create_options,
             true,
         )?;
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ impl SharedCache {
     /// Removes all items from the cache.
     pub fn delete(&self, lock_timeout: Duration) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let _lock = self.lock(lock_timeout)?;
-        proxmox_sys::fs::replace_file(&self.path, &[], self.create_options.clone(), true)?;
+        proxmox_sys::fs::replace_file(&self.path, &[], self.create_options, true)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -145,12 +145,7 @@ impl SharedCache {
     fn lock(&self, lock_timeout: Duration) -> Result<File, Error> {
         let mut lockfile_path = self.path.clone();
         lockfile_path.set_extension("lock");
-        proxmox_sys::fs::open_file_locked(
-            lockfile_path,
-            lock_timeout,
-            true,
-            self.create_options.clone(),
-        )
+        proxmox_sys::fs::open_file_locked(lockfile_path, lock_timeout, true, self.create_options)
     }
 }
 
@@ -178,12 +173,7 @@ mod tests {
                 .group(nix::unistd::Gid::effective())
                 .perm(nix::sys::stat::Mode::from_bits_truncate(0o700));
 
-            proxmox_sys::fs::create_path(
-                &path,
-                Some(dir_options.clone()),
-                Some(dir_options.clone()),
-            )
-            .unwrap();
+            proxmox_sys::fs::create_path(&path, Some(dir_options), Some(dir_options)).unwrap();
 
             let cache = SharedCache::new(path.join("somekey"), options, keep_old).unwrap();
             Self {
diff --git a/proxmox-sys/src/logrotate.rs b/proxmox-sys/src/logrotate.rs
index 704a18ce..cb96974a 100644
--- a/proxmox-sys/src/logrotate.rs
+++ b/proxmox-sys/src/logrotate.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl LogRotate {
         options: &CreateOptions,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let mut source = File::open(source_path)?;
-        let (fd, tmp_path) = make_tmp_file(target_path, options.clone())?;
+        let (fd, tmp_path) = make_tmp_file(target_path, *options)?;
         let target = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(fd.into_raw_fd()) };
         let mut encoder = match zstd::stream::write::Encoder::new(target, 0) {
             Ok(encoder) => encoder,