diff --git a/bin/self_build.rs b/bin/self_build.rs
index dc479a8de..a2ab97e48 100644
--- a/bin/self_build.rs
+++ b/bin/self_build.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             valid_lifting_optimization: false,
         };
 
-        let transpiled = js_component_bindgen::transpile(adapted_component, opts)?;
+        let transpiled = js_component_bindgen::transpile(&adapted_component, opts)?;
 
         for (filename, contents) in transpiled.files.iter() {
             let outfile = PathBuf::from("./obj").join(filename);
diff --git a/crates/js-component-bindgen-component/src/lib.rs b/crates/js-component-bindgen-component/src/lib.rs
index 760b4247c..a7040dbf7 100644
--- a/crates/js-component-bindgen-component/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/js-component-bindgen-component/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl JsComponentBindgen for JsComponentBindgenComponent {
             files,
             imports,
             mut exports,
-        } = transpile(component, opts)
+        } = transpile(&component, opts)
             .map_err(|e| format!("{:?}", e))
             .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
 
diff --git a/crates/js-component-bindgen/src/lib.rs b/crates/js-component-bindgen/src/lib.rs
index 4b9bfc661..036eb8824 100644
--- a/crates/js-component-bindgen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/js-component-bindgen/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn generate_types(
 /// Generate the JS transpilation bindgen for a given Wasm component binary
 /// Outputs the file map and import and export metadata for the Transpilation
 #[cfg(feature = "transpile-bindgen")]
-pub fn transpile(component: Vec<u8>, opts: TranspileOpts) -> Result<Transpiled, anyhow::Error> {
+pub fn transpile(component: &[u8], opts: TranspileOpts) -> Result<Transpiled, anyhow::Error> {
     let name = opts.name.clone();
     let mut files = files::Files::default();
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub fn transpile(component: Vec<u8>, opts: TranspileOpts) -> Result<Transpiled,
     // package which has a single document and `world` within it which describes
     // the state of the component. This is then further used afterwards for
     // bindings Transpilation as-if a `*.wit` file was input.
-    let decoded = wit_component::decode(&component)
+    let decoded = wit_component::decode(component)
         .context("failed to extract interface information from component")?;
 
     let (resolve, world_id) = match decoded {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn transpile(component: Vec<u8>, opts: TranspileOpts) -> Result<Transpiled,
     });
 
     let (component, modules) = Translator::new(&tunables, &mut validator, &mut types, &scope)
-        .translate(&component)
+        .translate(component)
         .context("failed to parse the input component")?;
 
     // Insert all core wasm modules into the generated `Files` which will