diff --git a/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp b/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
index abbd0ef7a..66819f077 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/device_enumerator.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<MediaDevice> DeviceEnumerator::search(const DeviceMatch &dm)
 			LOG(DeviceEnumerator, Debug)
 				<< "Successful match for media device \""
 				<< media->driver() << "\"";
-			return std::move(media);
+			return media;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 677e127dd..9694d0ce5 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ bool PipelineHandlerIPU3::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
 	imgu_dm.add("ipu3-imgu 1 viewfinder");
 	imgu_dm.add("ipu3-imgu 1 3a stat");
 
-	cio2_ = std::move(enumerator->search(cio2_dm));
+	cio2_ = enumerator->search(cio2_dm);
 	if (!cio2_)
 		return false;
 
-	imgu_ = std::move(enumerator->search(imgu_dm));
+	imgu_ = enumerator->search(imgu_dm);
 	if (!imgu_)
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
index b6a98657b..37a3477c2 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ bool PipelineHandlerUVC::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
 {
 	DeviceMatch dm("uvcvideo");
 
-	media_ = std::move(enumerator->search(dm));
+	media_ = enumerator->search(dm);
 
 	if (!media_)
 		return false;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
index 543ff212d..a93a75896 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ bool PipelineHandlerVimc::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
 	dm.add("RGB/YUV Input");
 	dm.add("Scaler");
 
-	media_ = std::move(enumerator->search(dm));
+	media_ = enumerator->search(dm);
 	if (!media_)
 		return false;