diff --git a/crates/gpui2/src/app/entity_map.rs b/crates/gpui2/src/app/entity_map.rs
index 7b1bc0d000142244a1d3abcdd88204ec7e5cf9c9..840b0831cda82727d7498bfaeb26103a3a42f900 100644
--- a/crates/gpui2/src/app/entity_map.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui2/src/app/entity_map.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl AnyModel {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn downcast<T: 'static>(&self) -> Option<Model<T>> {
+    pub fn downcast<T: 'static>(self) -> Option<Model<T>> {
         if TypeId::of::<T>() == self.entity_type {
             Some(Model {
                 any_model: self.clone(),