diff --git a/crates/egui/src/load/texture_loader.rs b/crates/egui/src/load/texture_loader.rs
index 6845e86ff82..a1170257cad 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/load/texture_loader.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/load/texture_loader.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
 use super::{
     BytesLoader, Context, HashMap, ImagePoll, Mutex, SizeHint, SizedTexture, TextureHandle,
     TextureLoadResult, TextureLoader, TextureOptions, TexturePoll,
@@ -5,7 +7,7 @@ use super::{
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct DefaultTextureLoader {
-    cache: Mutex<HashMap<(String, TextureOptions), TextureHandle>>,
+    cache: Mutex<HashMap<(Cow<'static, str>, TextureOptions), TextureHandle>>,
 }
 
 impl TextureLoader for DefaultTextureLoader {
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ impl TextureLoader for DefaultTextureLoader {
         size_hint: SizeHint,
     ) -> TextureLoadResult {
         let mut cache = self.cache.lock();
-        if let Some(handle) = cache.get(&(uri.into(), texture_options)) {
+        if let Some(handle) = cache.get(&(Cow::Borrowed(uri), texture_options)) {
             let texture = SizedTexture::from_handle(handle);
             Ok(TexturePoll::Ready { texture })
         } else {
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ impl TextureLoader for DefaultTextureLoader {
                 ImagePoll::Ready { image } => {
                     let handle = ctx.load_texture(uri, image, texture_options);
                     let texture = SizedTexture::from_handle(&handle);
-                    cache.insert((uri.into(), texture_options), handle);
+                    cache.insert((Cow::Owned(uri.to_owned()), texture_options), handle);
                     let reduce_texture_memory = ctx.options(|o| o.reduce_texture_memory);
                     if reduce_texture_memory {
                         let loaders = ctx.loaders();
diff --git a/crates/egui_extras/src/loaders/svg_loader.rs b/crates/egui_extras/src/loaders/svg_loader.rs
index 67b59540c69..2a3f155695d 100644
--- a/crates/egui_extras/src/loaders/svg_loader.rs
+++ b/crates/egui_extras/src/loaders/svg_loader.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{mem::size_of, path::Path, sync::Arc};
+use std::{borrow::Cow, mem::size_of, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 
 use ahash::HashMap;
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Entry = Result<Arc<ColorImage>, String>;
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct SvgLoader {
-    cache: Mutex<HashMap<(String, SizeHint), Entry>>,
+    cache: Mutex<HashMap<(Cow<'static, str>, SizeHint), Entry>>,
 }
 
 impl SvgLoader {
@@ -37,23 +37,21 @@ impl ImageLoader for SvgLoader {
             return Err(LoadError::NotSupported);
         }
 
-        let uri = uri.to_owned();
-
         let mut cache = self.cache.lock();
         // We can't avoid the `uri` clone here without unsafe code.
-        if let Some(entry) = cache.get(&(uri.clone(), size_hint)).cloned() {
+        if let Some(entry) = cache.get(&(Cow::Borrowed(uri), size_hint)).cloned() {
             match entry {
                 Ok(image) => Ok(ImagePoll::Ready { image }),
                 Err(err) => Err(LoadError::Loading(err)),
             }
         } else {
-            match ctx.try_load_bytes(&uri) {
+            match ctx.try_load_bytes(uri) {
                 Ok(BytesPoll::Ready { bytes, .. }) => {
                     log::trace!("started loading {uri:?}");
                     let result = crate::image::load_svg_bytes_with_size(&bytes, Some(size_hint))
                         .map(Arc::new);
                     log::trace!("finished loading {uri:?}");
-                    cache.insert((uri, size_hint), result.clone());
+                    cache.insert((Cow::Owned(uri.to_owned()), size_hint), result.clone());
                     match result {
                         Ok(image) => Ok(ImagePoll::Ready { image }),
                         Err(err) => Err(LoadError::Loading(err)),