diff --git a/libmamba/include/mamba/core/util.hpp b/libmamba/include/mamba/core/util.hpp
index 3cb86083b5..8d81cf65d8 100644
--- a/libmamba/include/mamba/core/util.hpp
+++ b/libmamba/include/mamba/core/util.hpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ namespace mamba
 
     std::optional<std::string> proxy_match(const std::string& url);
 
-    std::string hide_secrets(const std::string_view& str);
+    std::string hide_secrets(const std::string_view str);
 
     class non_copyable_base
     {
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/curl.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/curl.cpp
index fa5fa8eb1a..0c837450e5 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/curl.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/curl.cpp
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ namespace mamba
 {
     namespace curl
     {
-        void set_curl_handle(
+        void configure_curl_handle(
             CURL* handle,
             const std::string& url,
             const bool set_low_speed_opt,
-            const long& connect_timeout_secs,
+            const long connect_timeout_secs,
             const bool ssl_no_revoke,
-            const std::optional<std::string> proxy,
+            const std::optional<std::string>& proxy,
             const std::string& ssl_verify
         )
         {
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/curl.hpp b/libmamba/src/core/curl.hpp
index 2ba5df5c2c..63b365c5bb 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/curl.hpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/curl.hpp
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ namespace mamba
 {
     namespace curl
     {
-        void set_curl_handle(
+        void configure_curl_handle(
             CURL* handle,
             const std::string& url,
             const bool set_low_speed_opt,
-            const long& connect_timeout_secs,
+            const long connect_timeout_secs,
             const bool ssl_no_revoke,
-            const std::optional<std::string> proxy,
+            const std::optional<std::string>& proxy,
             const std::string& ssl_verify
         );
     }
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/fetch.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/fetch.cpp
index 9ffc55a745..8cc0df7211 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/fetch.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/fetch.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace mamba
                                             : "0";
         bool set_ssl_no_revoke = (Context::instance().ssl_no_revoke || ssl_no_revoke_env != "0");
 
-        curl::set_curl_handle(
+        curl::configure_curl_handle(
             handle,
             url,
             (no_low_speed_limit == "0"),
diff --git a/libmamba/src/core/util.cpp b/libmamba/src/core/util.cpp
index c8448311a8..2945bc2779 100644
--- a/libmamba/src/core/util.cpp
+++ b/libmamba/src/core/util.cpp
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ namespace mamba
         return std::nullopt;
     }
 
-    std::string hide_secrets(const std::string_view& str)
+    std::string hide_secrets(const std::string_view str)
     {
         std::string copy(str);