diff --git a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs
index 12bd4a6f7e..b50303331c 100644
--- a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs
+++ b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mix_handling/mod.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl MixPacketProcessor {
         packet_data: &[u8],
         processing_data: &RwLock<MixProcessingData>,
     ) -> Result<StoreData, MixProcessingError> {
-        let packet = SphinxPacket::from_bytes(packet_data.to_vec())?;
+        let packet = SphinxPacket::from_bytes(packet_data)?;
         let read_processing_data = match processing_data.read() {
             Ok(guard) => guard,
             Err(e) => {
diff --git a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mod.rs b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mod.rs
index 12673ab126..fa6518e118 100644
--- a/sfw-provider/src/provider/mod.rs
+++ b/sfw-provider/src/provider/mod.rs
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ impl ServiceProvider {
 
         let mix_future = rt.spawn(ServiceProvider::start_mixnet_listening(
             self.config.get_mix_listening_address(),
-            *self.sphinx_keypair.private_key(),
+            self.sphinx_keypair.private_key().clone(), // CLONE IS DONE TEMPORARILY UNTIL PROVIDER IS REFACTORED THE MIXNODE STYLE
             self.config.get_clients_inboxes_dir(),
             self.config.get_stored_messages_filename_length(),
         ));
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ impl ServiceProvider {
             self.config.get_clients_listening_address(),
             self.config.get_clients_inboxes_dir(),
             thread_shareable_ledger,
-            *self.sphinx_keypair.private_key(),
+            self.sphinx_keypair.private_key().clone(), // CLONE IS DONE TEMPORARILY UNTIL PROVIDER IS REFACTORED THE MIXNODE STYLE
             self.config.get_message_retrieval_limit(),
         ));
         // Spawn the root task