diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs
index bfe34df39f..1204da980b 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
                 .map_err(|e| Error::CannotParseContractId(self.contract_id.clone(), e))?;
             get_remote_contract_spec(
                 &contract_id,
-                self.locator.clone(),
-                self.network.clone(),
+                &self.locator,
+                &self.network,
                 global_args,
                 config,
             )
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
index d800a0326b..37b06514d7 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
 
         let spec_entries = get_remote_contract_spec(
             &contract_id,
-            unwrap_config.locator.clone(),
-            unwrap_config.network.clone(),
+            &unwrap_config.locator,
+            &unwrap_config.network,
             global_args,
             config,
         )
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/get_spec.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/get_spec.rs
index 59829f4a78..ca902b79c0 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/get_spec.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/get_spec.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub async fn get_remote_contract_spec(
     };
 
     // Get the contract spec entries based on the executable type
-    let spec_entries = match executable {
+    Ok(match executable {
         ContractExecutable::Wasm(hash) => {
             let hash = hash.to_string();
             if let Ok(entries) = data::read_spec(&hash) {
@@ -74,7 +74,5 @@ pub async fn get_remote_contract_spec(
         ContractExecutable::StellarAsset => {
             soroban_spec::read::parse_raw(&soroban_sdk::token::StellarAssetSpec::spec_xdr())?
         }
-    };
-
-    Ok(spec_entries)
+    })
 }