diff --git a/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.cpp b/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.cpp
index 2f760f41f3..130c285689 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
         mRules.insert(mRules.end(), rules.begin(), rules.end());
     }
 
-    inline bool AnimBlendRules::fitsRuleString(const std::string_view& str, const std::string_view& ruleStr) const
+    inline bool AnimBlendRules::fitsRuleString(const std::string_view str, const std::string_view ruleStr) const
     {
         // A wildcard only supported in the beginning or the end of the rule string in hopes that this will be more
         // performant. And most likely this kind of support is enough.
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.hpp b/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.hpp
index 913d3531c0..57e67164b9 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.hpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/animblendrules.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
     private:
         std::vector<BlendRule> mRules;
 
-        inline bool fitsRuleString(const std::string_view& str, const std::string_view& ruleStr) const;
+        inline bool fitsRuleString(const std::string_view str, const std::string_view ruleStr) const;
     };
 }