diff --git a/example/codespaces/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go b/example/codespaces/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go
index cbdacd3e58b..681dde1bd27 100644
--- a/example/codespaces/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go
+++ b/example/codespaces/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ func encryptSecretWithPublicKey(publicKey *github.PublicKey, secretName, secretV
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode public key: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	var boxKey [32]byte
-	copy(boxKey[:], decodedPublicKey)
+	boxKey := [32]byte(decodedPublicKey)
 	encryptedBytes, err := box.SealAnonymous([]byte{}, []byte(secretValue), &boxKey, crypto_rand.Reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("box.SealAnonymous failed with error %w", err)
diff --git a/example/codespaces/newusersecretwithxcrypto/main.go b/example/codespaces/newusersecretwithxcrypto/main.go
index 0de3aed8183..b651d18a22e 100644
--- a/example/codespaces/newusersecretwithxcrypto/main.go
+++ b/example/codespaces/newusersecretwithxcrypto/main.go
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ func encryptSecretWithPublicKey(publicKey *github.PublicKey, secretName, secretV
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString was unable to decode public key: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	var boxKey [32]byte
-	copy(boxKey[:], decodedPublicKey)
+	boxKey := [32]byte(decodedPublicKey)
 	encryptedBytes, err := box.SealAnonymous([]byte{}, []byte(secretValue), &boxKey, crypto_rand.Reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("box.SealAnonymous failed with error %w", err)
diff --git a/example/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go b/example/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go
index 764af63e55c..2accf0b7df2 100644
--- a/example/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go
+++ b/example/newreposecretwithxcrypto/main.go
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ func encryptSecretWithPublicKey(publicKey *github.PublicKey, secretName, secretV
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString was unable to decode public key: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	var boxKey [32]byte
-	copy(boxKey[:], decodedPublicKey)
+	boxKey := [32]byte(decodedPublicKey)
 	encryptedBytes, err := box.SealAnonymous([]byte{}, []byte(secretValue), &boxKey, crypto_rand.Reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("box.SealAnonymous failed with error %w", err)
diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 1e79096856a..ea730039e0c 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ func (c *Client) copy() *Client {
 		clone.client.Timeout = c.client.Timeout
 	}
 	c.rateMu.Lock()
-	copy(clone.rateLimits[:], c.rateLimits[:])
+	clone.rateLimits = c.rateLimits
 	c.rateMu.Unlock()
 	return &clone
 }