diff --git a/src/snapshot/instance_snapshot.rs b/src/snapshot/instance_snapshot.rs
index c2b51780..dcd50fe9 100644
--- a/src/snapshot/instance_snapshot.rs
+++ b/src/snapshot/instance_snapshot.rs
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::InstanceMetadata;
 
-/// A lightweight description of what an instance should look like. Attempts to
-/// be somewhat memory efficient by borrowing from its source data, indicated by
-/// the lifetime parameter `'source`.
+/// A lightweight description of what an instance should look like.
 ///
 // Possible future improvements:
 // - Use refcounted/interned strings
 // - Replace use of RbxValue with a sum of RbxValue + borrowed value
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
+pub struct InstanceSnapshot {
     /// A temporary ID applied to the snapshot that's used for Ref properties.
     pub snapshot_id: Option<RbxId>,
 
@@ -23,10 +21,10 @@ pub struct InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
     pub metadata: InstanceMetadata,
 
     /// Correpsonds to the Name property of the instance.
-    pub name: Cow<'source, str>,
+    pub name: Cow<'static, str>,
 
     /// Corresponds to the ClassName property of the instance.
-    pub class_name: Cow<'source, str>,
+    pub class_name: Cow<'static, str>,
 
     /// All other properties of the instance, weakly-typed.
     pub properties: HashMap<String, RbxValue>,
@@ -34,11 +32,11 @@ pub struct InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
     /// The children of the instance represented as more snapshots.
     ///
     /// Order is relevant for Roblox instances!
-    pub children: Vec<InstanceSnapshot<'source>>,
+    pub children: Vec<InstanceSnapshot>,
 }
 
-impl<'source> InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
-    pub fn from_tree(tree: &RbxTree, id: RbxId) -> InstanceSnapshot<'static> {
+impl InstanceSnapshot {
+    pub fn from_tree(tree: &RbxTree, id: RbxId) -> InstanceSnapshot {
         let instance = tree
             .get_instance(id)
             .expect("instance did not exist in tree");
@@ -61,8 +59,8 @@ impl<'source> InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'source> Default for InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
-    fn default() -> InstanceSnapshot<'source> {
+impl Default for InstanceSnapshot {
+    fn default() -> InstanceSnapshot {
         InstanceSnapshot {
             snapshot_id: None,
             metadata: InstanceMetadata::default(),
diff --git a/src/snapshot/patch.rs b/src/snapshot/patch.rs
index 8be68c47..6fa1eb29 100644
--- a/src/snapshot/patch.rs
+++ b/src/snapshot/patch.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ use super::{InstanceMetadata, InstanceSnapshot};
 /// sure that another patch wasn't applied before this one that could cause a
 /// conflict!
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct PatchSet<'a> {
+pub struct PatchSet {
     pub removed_instances: Vec<RbxId>,
-    pub added_instances: Vec<PatchAdd<'a>>,
+    pub added_instances: Vec<PatchAdd>,
     pub updated_instances: Vec<PatchUpdate>,
 }
 
-impl<'a> PatchSet<'a> {
+impl<'a> PatchSet {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         PatchSet {
             removed_instances: Vec::new(),
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ impl<'a> PatchSet<'a> {
 
 /// A patch containing an instance that was added to the tree.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct PatchAdd<'a> {
+pub struct PatchAdd {
     pub parent_id: RbxId,
-    pub instance: InstanceSnapshot<'a>,
+    pub instance: InstanceSnapshot,
 }
 
 /// A patch indicating that properties of an instance changed.
diff --git a/src/snapshot/patch_compute.rs b/src/snapshot/patch_compute.rs
index f2405df4..96418d02 100644
--- a/src/snapshot/patch_compute.rs
+++ b/src/snapshot/patch_compute.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ use super::{
     InstanceSnapshot, InstanceWithMeta, RojoTree,
 };
 
-pub fn compute_patch_set<'a>(
-    snapshot: &'a InstanceSnapshot,
-    tree: &RojoTree,
-    id: RbxId,
-) -> PatchSet<'a> {
+pub fn compute_patch_set(snapshot: &InstanceSnapshot, tree: &RojoTree, id: RbxId) -> PatchSet {
     let mut patch_set = PatchSet::new();
     let mut context = ComputePatchContext::default();
 
@@ -69,12 +65,12 @@ fn rewrite_refs_in_snapshot(context: &ComputePatchContext, snapshot: &mut Instan
     }
 }
 
-fn compute_patch_set_internal<'a>(
+fn compute_patch_set_internal(
     context: &mut ComputePatchContext,
-    snapshot: &'a InstanceSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &InstanceSnapshot,
     tree: &RojoTree,
     id: RbxId,
-    patch_set: &mut PatchSet<'a>,
+    patch_set: &mut PatchSet,
 ) {
     if let Some(snapshot_id) = snapshot.snapshot_id {
         context.snapshot_id_to_instance_id.insert(snapshot_id, id);
@@ -154,12 +150,12 @@ fn compute_property_patches(
     });
 }
 
-fn compute_children_patches<'a>(
+fn compute_children_patches(
     context: &mut ComputePatchContext,
-    snapshot: &'a InstanceSnapshot,
+    snapshot: &InstanceSnapshot,
     tree: &RojoTree,
     id: RbxId,
-    patch_set: &mut PatchSet<'a>,
+    patch_set: &mut PatchSet,
 ) {
     let instance = tree
         .get_instance(id)
diff --git a/src/snapshot_middleware/json_model.rs b/src/snapshot_middleware/json_model.rs
index 8f1203f3..737c8bf5 100644
--- a/src/snapshot_middleware/json_model.rs
+++ b/src/snapshot_middleware/json_model.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct JsonModelCore {
 }
 
 impl JsonModelCore {
-    fn into_snapshot(self, name: String) -> InstanceSnapshot<'static> {
+    fn into_snapshot(self, name: String) -> InstanceSnapshot {
         let class_name = self.class_name;
 
         let children = self
diff --git a/src/snapshot_middleware/middleware.rs b/src/snapshot_middleware/middleware.rs
index f01a9d3a..b77ff15b 100644
--- a/src/snapshot_middleware/middleware.rs
+++ b/src/snapshot_middleware/middleware.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 use super::{context::InstanceSnapshotContext, error::SnapshotError};
 
-pub type SnapshotInstanceResult<'a> = Result<Option<InstanceSnapshot<'a>>, SnapshotError>;
+pub type SnapshotInstanceResult<'a> = Result<Option<InstanceSnapshot>, SnapshotError>;
 pub type SnapshotFileResult = Option<(String, VfsSnapshot)>;
 
 pub trait SnapshotMiddleware {