diff --git a/core/io/resource_saver.cpp b/core/io/resource_saver.cpp
index 564a54b913a9..0462e24b9e33 100644
--- a/core/io/resource_saver.cpp
+++ b/core/io/resource_saver.cpp
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ Error ResourceSaver::save(const Ref<Resource> &p_resource, const String &p_path,
 
 		String local_path = ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->localize_path(path);
 
-		Ref<Resource> rwcopy = p_resource;
 		if (p_flags & FLAG_CHANGE_PATH) {
-			rwcopy->set_path(local_path);
+			p_resource->set_path(local_path);
 		}
 
 		err = saver[i]->save(p_resource, path, p_flags);
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ Error ResourceSaver::save(const Ref<Resource> &p_resource, const String &p_path,
 #endif
 
 			if (p_flags & FLAG_CHANGE_PATH) {
-				rwcopy->set_path(old_path);
+				p_resource->set_path(old_path);
 			}
 
 			if (save_callback && path.begins_with("res://")) {
diff --git a/editor/import/resource_importer_scene.cpp b/editor/import/resource_importer_scene.cpp
index 8e277a8b6c7b..6fd91deab90a 100644
--- a/editor/import/resource_importer_scene.cpp
+++ b/editor/import/resource_importer_scene.cpp
@@ -2369,9 +2369,8 @@ Node *ResourceImporterScene::pre_import(const String &p_source_file, const HashM
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!importer.is_valid(), nullptr);
 
 	Error err = OK;
-	HashMap<StringName, Variant> options_dupe = p_options;
 
-	Node *scene = importer->import_scene(p_source_file, EditorSceneFormatImporter::IMPORT_ANIMATION | EditorSceneFormatImporter::IMPORT_GENERATE_TANGENT_ARRAYS | EditorSceneFormatImporter::IMPORT_FORCE_DISABLE_MESH_COMPRESSION, options_dupe, nullptr, &err);
+	Node *scene = importer->import_scene(p_source_file, EditorSceneFormatImporter::IMPORT_ANIMATION | EditorSceneFormatImporter::IMPORT_GENERATE_TANGENT_ARRAYS | EditorSceneFormatImporter::IMPORT_FORCE_DISABLE_MESH_COMPRESSION, p_options, nullptr, &err);
 	if (!scene || err != OK) {
 		return nullptr;
 	}