diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/channel.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/channel.rs
index 67be940e..fd2ea6c0 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/channel.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/channel.rs
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ pub enum ChannelError {
     #[error("channel connection broken")]
     BrokenChannel,
 }
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Receiver<T> {
     receiver: RawFd,
     phantom: PhantomData<T>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Sender<T> {
     sender: RawFd,
     phantom: PhantomData<T>,
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/channel.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/channel.rs
index 7d6102be..cd3a7748 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/channel.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/channel.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ pub fn main_channel() -> Result<(MainSender, MainReceiver), ChannelError> {
     Ok((MainSender { sender }, MainReceiver { receiver }))
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct MainSender {
     sender: Sender<Message>,
 }
@@ -97,7 +96,6 @@ impl MainSender {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct MainReceiver {
     receiver: Receiver<Message>,
 }
@@ -209,7 +207,6 @@ pub fn intermediate_channel() -> Result<(IntermediateSender, IntermediateReceive
     ))
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct IntermediateSender {
     sender: Sender<Message>,
 }
@@ -229,7 +226,6 @@ impl IntermediateSender {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct IntermediateReceiver {
     receiver: Receiver<Message>,
 }
@@ -266,7 +262,6 @@ pub fn init_channel() -> Result<(InitSender, InitReceiver), ChannelError> {
     Ok((InitSender { sender }, InitReceiver { receiver }))
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct InitSender {
     sender: Sender<Message>,
 }
@@ -285,7 +280,6 @@ impl InitSender {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct InitReceiver {
     receiver: Receiver<Message>,
 }
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_intermediate_process.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_intermediate_process.rs
index fad2103d..1bee6f3e 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_intermediate_process.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_intermediate_process.rs
@@ -101,12 +101,7 @@ pub fn container_intermediate_process(
     }
 
     let cb: CloneCb = {
-        let args = args.clone();
-        let init_sender = init_sender.clone();
-        let inter_sender = inter_sender.clone();
-        let mut main_sender = main_sender.clone();
-        let mut init_receiver = init_receiver.clone();
-        Box::new(move || {
+        Box::new(|| {
             if let Err(ret) = prctl::set_name("youki:[2:INIT]") {
                 tracing::error!(?ret, "failed to set name for child process");
                 return ret;
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn container_intermediate_process(
                 tracing::error!(?err, "failed to close sender in the intermediate process");
                 return -1;
             }
-            match container_init_process(&args, &mut main_sender, &mut init_receiver) {
+            match container_init_process(args, main_sender, init_receiver) {
                 Ok(_) => 0,
                 Err(e) => {
                     tracing::error!("failed to initialize container process: {e}");
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_main_process.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_main_process.rs
index 05bc4d48..fd5dfcb1 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_main_process.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/container_main_process.rs
@@ -39,23 +39,19 @@ pub fn container_main_process(container_args: &ContainerArgs) -> Result<(Pid, bo
     // cloned process, we have to be deligent about closing any unused channel.
     // At minimum, we have to close down any unused senders. The corresponding
     // receivers will be cleaned up once the senders are closed down.
-    let (main_sender, mut main_receiver) = channel::main_channel()?;
-    let inter_chan = channel::intermediate_channel()?;
-    let init_chan = channel::init_channel()?;
+    let (mut main_sender, mut main_receiver) = channel::main_channel()?;
+    let mut inter_chan = channel::intermediate_channel()?;
+    let mut init_chan = channel::init_channel()?;
 
     let cb: CloneCb = {
-        let container_args = container_args.clone();
-        let mut main_sender = main_sender.clone();
-        let mut inter_chan = inter_chan.clone();
-        let mut init_chan = init_chan.clone();
-        Box::new(move || {
+        Box::new(|| {
             if let Err(ret) = prctl::set_name("youki:[1:INTER]") {
                 tracing::error!(?ret, "failed to set name for child process");
                 return ret;
             }
 
             match container_intermediate_process::container_intermediate_process(
-                &container_args,
+                container_args,
                 &mut inter_chan,
                 &mut init_chan,
                 &mut main_sender,
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/fork.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/fork.rs
index 64143883..7ec2ef7e 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/process/fork.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/process/fork.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub enum CloneError {
 /// pass in a child stack, which is empty. By storing the closure in heap, we
 /// can then in the new process to re-box the heap memory back to a closure
 /// correctly.
-pub type CloneCb = Box<dyn FnMut() -> i32>;
+pub type CloneCb<'a> = Box<dyn FnMut() -> i32 + 'a>;
 
 // Clone a sibling process that shares the same parent as the calling
 // process. This is used to launch the container init process so the parent