diff --git a/wgpu/examples/boids/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/boids/main.rs
index bb19d5066..229e09624 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/boids/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/boids/main.rs
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         device: &wgpu::Device,
         _queue: &wgpu::Queue,
     ) -> Self {
-        let compute_shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let compute_shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("compute.wgsl"))),
         });
-        let draw_shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let draw_shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("draw.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/bunnymark/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/bunnymark/main.rs
index 47fa1d92d..aaf9f50c0 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/bunnymark/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/bunnymark/main.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         device: &wgpu::Device,
         queue: &wgpu::Queue,
     ) -> Self {
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!(
                 "../../../wgpu-hal/examples/halmark/shader.wgsl"
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/conservative-raster/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/conservative-raster/main.rs
index 20104e35c..7617d508a 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/conservative-raster/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/conservative-raster/main.rs
@@ -85,13 +85,12 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
                 push_constant_ranges: &[],
             });
 
-        let shader_triangle_and_lines =
-            device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
-                label: None,
-                source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!(
-                    "triangle_and_lines.wgsl"
-                ))),
-            });
+        let shader_triangle_and_lines = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+            label: None,
+            source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!(
+                "triangle_and_lines.wgsl"
+            ))),
+        });
 
         let pipeline_triangle_conservative =
             device.create_render_pipeline(&wgpu::RenderPipelineDescriptor {
@@ -197,7 +196,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
                 bind_group_layouts: &[&bind_group_layout],
                 push_constant_ranges: &[],
             });
-            let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+            let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
                 label: None,
                 source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("upscale.wgsl"))),
             });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/cube/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/cube/main.rs
index bc180acb1..c03e3f200 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/cube/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/cube/main.rs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
             label: None,
         });
 
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("shader.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
index df157cbfe..3e21ee11b 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ async fn execute_gpu_inner(
     numbers: &[u32],
 ) -> Option<Vec<u32>> {
     // Loads the shader from WGSL
-    let cs_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+    let cs_module = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
         label: None,
         source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("shader.wgsl"))),
     });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs
index 1fc230f79..5fea4c4c0 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/hello-triangle/main.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async fn run(event_loop: EventLoop<()>, window: Window) {
         .expect("Failed to create device");
 
     // Load the shaders from disk
-    let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+    let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
         label: None,
         source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("shader.wgsl"))),
     });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/mipmap/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/mipmap/main.rs
index cd31863b8..634528e6e 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/mipmap/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/mipmap/main.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl Example {
         query_sets: &Option<QuerySets>,
         mip_count: u32,
     ) {
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("blit.wgsl"))),
         });
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         });
 
         // Create the render pipeline
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("draw.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/msaa-line/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/msaa-line/main.rs
index 5178f32a2..8364286c1 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/msaa-line/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/msaa-line/main.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         log::info!("Press left/right arrow keys to change sample_count.");
         let sample_count = 4;
 
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("shader.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/shadow/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/shadow/main.rs
index f03af8e35..bb8fec5ac 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/shadow/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/shadow/main.rs
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
             attributes: &vertex_attr,
         };
 
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("shader.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/skybox/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/skybox/main.rs
index 2b8f6d8f9..a44cb7044 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/skybox/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/skybox/main.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Skybox {
         });
 
         // Create the render pipeline
-        let shader = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let shader = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: None,
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("shader.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/texture-arrays/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/texture-arrays/main.rs
index 8c68585cc..d09c28b70 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/texture-arrays/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/texture-arrays/main.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         queue: &wgpu::Queue,
     ) -> Self {
         let mut uniform_workaround = false;
-        let base_shader_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::include_wgsl!("indexing.wgsl"));
+        let base_shader_module = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::include_wgsl!("indexing.wgsl"));
         let env_override = match std::env::var("WGPU_TEXTURE_ARRAY_STYLE") {
             Ok(value) => match &*value.to_lowercase() {
                 "nonuniform" | "non_uniform" => Some(true),
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         // capabilities even if we don't use it. So for now put it in a separate module.
         let fragment_shader_module = if !uniform_workaround {
             non_uniform_shader_module =
-                device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::include_wgsl!("non_uniform_indexing.wgsl"));
+                device.create_shader_module(wgpu::include_wgsl!("non_uniform_indexing.wgsl"));
             &non_uniform_shader_module
         } else {
             &base_shader_module
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/water/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/water/main.rs
index 5667d0567..1b6085144 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/water/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/water/main.rs
@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@ impl framework::Example for Example {
         });
 
         // Upload/compile them to GPU code.
-        let terrain_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let terrain_module = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: Some("terrain"),
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("terrain.wgsl"))),
         });
-        let water_module = device.create_shader_module(&wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
+        let water_module = device.create_shader_module(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor {
             label: Some("water"),
             source: wgpu::ShaderSource::Wgsl(Cow::Borrowed(include_str!("water.wgsl"))),
         });
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
index 1f46c461b..eb0d755e1 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/direct.rs
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
     fn device_create_shader_module(
         &self,
         device: &Self::DeviceId,
-        desc: &ShaderModuleDescriptor,
+        desc: ShaderModuleDescriptor,
         shader_bound_checks: wgt::ShaderBoundChecks,
     ) -> Self::ShaderModuleId {
         let global = &self.0;
diff --git a/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs b/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs
index 6d3c1b240..e65ee9b4a 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/backend/web.rs
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ impl crate::Context for Context {
     fn device_create_shader_module(
         &self,
         device: &Self::DeviceId,
-        desc: &crate::ShaderModuleDescriptor,
+        desc: crate::ShaderModuleDescriptor,
         _shader_bound_checks: wgt::ShaderBoundChecks,
     ) -> Self::ShaderModuleId {
         let mut descriptor = match desc.source {
diff --git a/wgpu/src/lib.rs b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
index b6303bf39..f14298c42 100644
--- a/wgpu/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ trait Context: Debug + Send + Sized + Sync {
     fn device_create_shader_module(
         &self,
         device: &Self::DeviceId,
-        desc: &ShaderModuleDescriptor,
+        desc: ShaderModuleDescriptor,
         shader_bound_checks: wgt::ShaderBoundChecks,
     ) -> Self::ShaderModuleId;
     unsafe fn device_create_shader_module_spirv(
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ impl Device {
     }
 
     /// Creates a shader module from either SPIR-V or WGSL source code.
-    pub fn create_shader_module(&self, desc: &ShaderModuleDescriptor) -> ShaderModule {
+    pub fn create_shader_module(&self, desc: ShaderModuleDescriptor) -> ShaderModule {
         ShaderModule {
             context: Arc::clone(&self.context),
             id: Context::device_create_shader_module(
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ impl Device {
     /// This has no effect on web.
     pub unsafe fn create_shader_module_unchecked(
         &self,
-        desc: &ShaderModuleDescriptor,
+        desc: ShaderModuleDescriptor,
     ) -> ShaderModule {
         ShaderModule {
             context: Arc::clone(&self.context),
diff --git a/wgpu/tests/shader_primitive_index/mod.rs b/wgpu/tests/shader_primitive_index/mod.rs
index a131dab8a..921aa112a 100644
--- a/wgpu/tests/shader_primitive_index/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu/tests/shader_primitive_index/mod.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ fn pulling_common(
 ) {
     let shader = ctx
         .device
-        .create_shader_module(&wgpu::include_wgsl!("primitive_index.wgsl"));
+        .create_shader_module(wgpu::include_wgsl!("primitive_index.wgsl"));
 
     let two_triangles_xy: [f32; 12] = [
         -1.0, -1.0, 0.0, -1.0, -0.5, 0.0, // left triangle, negative x, negative y
diff --git a/wgpu/tests/vertex_indices/mod.rs b/wgpu/tests/vertex_indices/mod.rs
index 7c99ca1e2..d59c0a519 100644
--- a/wgpu/tests/vertex_indices/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu/tests/vertex_indices/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fn pulling_common(
 ) {
     let shader = ctx
         .device
-        .create_shader_module(&wgpu::include_wgsl!("draw.vert.wgsl"));
+        .create_shader_module(wgpu::include_wgsl!("draw.vert.wgsl"));
 
     let bgl = ctx
         .device