diff --git a/render/detailed/node.go b/render/detailed/node.go
index c01a5e73a..b13805a51 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func children(r report.Report, n report.Node) []NodeSummaryGroup {
 	for _, spec := range nodeSummaryGroupSpecs {
 		if len(summaries[spec.topologyID]) > 0 {
 			sort.Sort(nodeSummariesByID(summaries[spec.TopologyID]))
-			group := spec.NodeSummaryGroup.Copy()
+			group := spec.NodeSummaryGroup
 			group.Nodes = summaries[spec.topologyID]
 			nodeSummaryGroups = append(nodeSummaryGroups, group)
 		}
diff --git a/render/detailed/summary.go b/render/detailed/summary.go
index a78f52436..54e8f982f 100644
--- a/render/detailed/summary.go
+++ b/render/detailed/summary.go
@@ -32,19 +32,6 @@ type NodeSummaryGroup struct {
 	Columns    []Column      `json:"columns"`
 }
 
-// Copy returns a value copy of the NodeSummaryGroup
-func (g NodeSummaryGroup) Copy() NodeSummaryGroup {
-	result := NodeSummaryGroup{
-		TopologyID: g.TopologyID,
-		Label:      g.Label,
-		Columns:    g.Columns,
-	}
-	for _, node := range g.Nodes {
-		result.Nodes = append(result.Nodes, node.Copy())
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
 // Column provides special json serialization for column ids, so they include
 // their label for the frontend.
 type Column struct {
@@ -94,35 +81,12 @@ func MakeNodeSummary(r report.Report, n report.Node) (NodeSummary, bool) {
 // SummarizeMetrics returns a copy of the NodeSummary where the metrics are
 // replaced with their summaries
 func (n NodeSummary) SummarizeMetrics() NodeSummary {
-	cp := n.Copy()
-	for i, m := range cp.Metrics {
-		cp.Metrics[i] = m.Summary()
+	summarizedMetrics := make([]report.MetricRow, len(n.Metrics))
+	for i, m := range n.Metrics {
+		summarizedMetrics[i] = m.Summary()
 	}
-	return cp
-}
-
-// Copy returns a value copy of the NodeSummary
-func (n NodeSummary) Copy() NodeSummary {
-	result := NodeSummary{
-		ID:         n.ID,
-		Label:      n.Label,
-		LabelMinor: n.LabelMinor,
-		Rank:       n.Rank,
-		Shape:      n.Shape,
-		Stack:      n.Stack,
-		Linkable:   n.Linkable,
-		Adjacency:  n.Adjacency.Copy(),
-	}
-	for _, row := range n.Metadata {
-		result.Metadata = append(result.Metadata, row.Copy())
-	}
-	for _, table := range n.Tables {
-		result.Tables = append(result.Tables, table.Copy())
-	}
-	for _, row := range n.Metrics {
-		result.Metrics = append(result.Metrics, row.Copy())
-	}
-	return result
+	n.Metrics = summarizedMetrics
+	return n
 }
 
 func baseNodeSummary(r report.Report, n report.Node) NodeSummary {
@@ -134,7 +98,7 @@ func baseNodeSummary(r report.Report, n report.Node) NodeSummary {
 		Metadata:  NodeMetadata(r, n),
 		Metrics:   NodeMetrics(r, n),
 		Tables:    NodeTables(r, n),
-		Adjacency: n.Adjacency.Copy(),
+		Adjacency: n.Adjacency,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -372,15 +336,6 @@ func Summaries(r report.Report, rns report.Nodes) NodeSummaries {
 	return result
 }
 
-// Copy returns a deep value-copy of NodeSummaries
-func (n NodeSummaries) Copy() NodeSummaries {
-	result := NodeSummaries{}
-	for k, v := range n {
-		result[k] = v.Copy()
-	}
-	return result
-}
-
 // getRenderableContainerName obtains a user-friendly container name, to render in the UI
 func getRenderableContainerName(nmd report.Node) string {
 	for _, key := range []string{
diff --git a/render/detailed/topology_diff_test.go b/render/detailed/topology_diff_test.go
index dfdc360cd..93e21c2cd 100644
--- a/render/detailed/topology_diff_test.go
+++ b/render/detailed/topology_diff_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestTopoDiff(t *testing.T) {
 		Pseudo:     false,
 		Adjacency:  report.MakeIDList("nodeb"),
 	}
-	nodeap := nodea.Copy()
+	nodeap := nodea
 	nodeap.Adjacency = report.MakeIDList("nodeb", "nodeq") // not the same anymore
 	nodeb := detailed.NodeSummary{
 		ID:    "nodeb",
diff --git a/report/metric_row.go b/report/metric_row.go
index f92bdae1f..b33b37851 100644
--- a/report/metric_row.go
+++ b/report/metric_row.go
@@ -27,21 +27,13 @@ type MetricRow struct {
 
 // Summary returns a copy of the MetricRow, without the samples, just the value if there is one.
 func (m MetricRow) Summary() MetricRow {
-	row := m.Copy()
-	if m.Metric != nil {
-		row.Metric.Samples = nil
+	if m.Metric.Len() > 0 {
+		// shallow-copy
+		metricCopy := *m.Metric
+		metricCopy.Samples = nil
+		m.Metric = &metricCopy
 	}
-	return row
-}
-
-// Copy returns a value copy of the MetricRow
-func (m MetricRow) Copy() MetricRow {
-	row := m
-	if m.Metric != nil {
-		var metric = m.Metric.Copy()
-		row.Metric = &metric
-	}
-	return row
+	return m
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON shouldn't be used, use CodecEncodeSelf instead
diff --git a/report/metrics.go b/report/metrics.go
index b6b8b7a73..65ff5a35e 100644
--- a/report/metrics.go
+++ b/report/metrics.go
@@ -94,16 +94,6 @@ func MakeMetric(samples []Sample) Metric {
 	}
 }
 
-// Copy returns a copy of the Metric.
-func (m Metric) Copy() Metric {
-	c := m
-	if c.Samples != nil {
-		c.Samples = make([]Sample, len(m.Samples))
-		copy(c.Samples, m.Samples)
-	}
-	return c
-}
-
 // WithMax returns a fresh copy of m, with Max set to max
 func (m Metric) WithMax(max float64) Metric {
 	return Metric{
diff --git a/report/metrics_test.go b/report/metrics_test.go
index 012c3c42d..214e67b62 100644
--- a/report/metrics_test.go
+++ b/report/metrics_test.go
@@ -122,20 +122,6 @@ func TestMetricMerge(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMetricCopy(t *testing.T) {
-	want := report.MakeMetric(nil)
-	have := want.Copy()
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
-		t.Errorf("diff: %s", test.Diff(want, have))
-	}
-
-	want = report.MakeSingletonMetric(time.Now(), 1)
-	have = want.Copy()
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
-		t.Errorf("diff: %s", test.Diff(want, have))
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMetricDiv(t *testing.T) {
 	t1 := time.Now()
 	t2 := time.Now().Add(1 * time.Minute)