diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
index 07912cd..c7760bc 100644
--- a/src/index.rs
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ impl IndexWriter {
                 )))
             }
         };
-        Ok(self.inner_index_writer.delete_term(term.clone()))
+        Ok(self.inner_index_writer.delete_term(term))
     }
 }