diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.cxx b/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.cxx
index a9ce3abbcb..9c11fc9bdc 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.cxx
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ set_window_sort(GraphicsOutput *window, int sort) {
  * model begins with the "-" character.
  */
 void GraphicsEngine::
-cull_and_draw_together(const GraphicsEngine::Windows &wlist,
+cull_and_draw_together(GraphicsEngine::Windows wlist,
                        Thread *current_thread) {
   PStatTimer timer(_cull_pcollector, current_thread);
 
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ cull_and_draw_together(GraphicsOutput *win, DisplayRegion *dr,
  * drawing.
  */
 void GraphicsEngine::
-cull_to_bins(const GraphicsEngine::Windows &wlist, Thread *current_thread) {
+cull_to_bins(GraphicsEngine::Windows wlist, Thread *current_thread) {
   PStatTimer timer(_cull_pcollector, current_thread);
 
   _singular_warning_last_frame = _singular_warning_this_frame;
diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.h b/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.h
index 04f0993dfa..1483fca068 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.h
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsEngine.h
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ private:
 
   void set_window_sort(GraphicsOutput *window, int sort);
 
-  void cull_and_draw_together(const Windows &wlist, Thread *current_thread);
+  void cull_and_draw_together(Windows wlist, Thread *current_thread);
   void cull_and_draw_together(GraphicsOutput *win, DisplayRegion *dr,
                               Thread *current_thread);
 
-  void cull_to_bins(const Windows &wlist, Thread *current_thread);
+  void cull_to_bins(Windows wlist, Thread *current_thread);
   void cull_to_bins(GraphicsOutput *win, GraphicsStateGuardian *gsg,
                     DisplayRegion *dr, SceneSetup *scene_setup,
                     CullResult *cull_result, Thread *current_thread);