diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
index 95a4a55f86..0bcf8afdb5 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
@@ -2505,7 +2505,7 @@ void recursivelyTriggerDisplayForLayer(CALayer *layer, BOOL shouldBlock)
   ASDisplayNodeAssert(!(_methodOverrides & ASDisplayNodeMethodOverrideLayoutSpecThatFits), @"Overwriting layoutSpecThatFits: and providing a layoutSpecBlock block is currently not supported");
 
   ASDN::MutexLocker l(__instanceLock__);
-  _layoutSpecBlock = [layoutSpecBlock copy];
+  _layoutSpecBlock = layoutSpecBlock;
 }
 
 - (ASLayoutSpecBlock)layoutSpecBlock
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm
index 1f0845b402..1aa0c22587 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASImageNode.mm
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static ASDN::Mutex cacheLock;
   // Stash the block and call-site queue. We'll invoke it in -displayDidFinish.
   ASDN::MutexLocker l(__instanceLock__);
   if (_displayCompletionBlock != displayCompletionBlock) {
-    _displayCompletionBlock = [displayCompletionBlock copy];
+    _displayCompletionBlock = displayCompletionBlock;
   }
 
   [self setNeedsDisplay];
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASRunLoopQueue.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASRunLoopQueue.mm
index 42e5ea96e7..aac7ad1d17 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASRunLoopQueue.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASRunLoopQueue.mm
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void runLoopSourceCallback(void *info) {
   if (self = [super init]) {
     _runLoop = runloop;
     _internalQueue = std::deque<id>();
-    _queueConsumer = [handlerBlock copy];
+    _queueConsumer = handlerBlock;
     _batchSize = 1;
     _ensureExclusiveMembership = YES;
     
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/Transactions/_ASAsyncTransaction.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/Transactions/_ASAsyncTransaction.mm
index 82ddb2a686..55824942ce 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/Transactions/_ASAsyncTransaction.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/Details/Transactions/_ASAsyncTransaction.mm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ NSInteger const ASDefaultTransactionPriority = 0;
 - (instancetype)initWithOperationCompletionBlock:(asyncdisplaykit_async_transaction_operation_completion_block_t)operationCompletionBlock
 {
   if ((self = [super init])) {
-    _operationCompletionBlock = [operationCompletionBlock copy];
+    _operationCompletionBlock = operationCompletionBlock;
   }
   return self;
 }
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ ASAsyncTransactionQueue & ASAsyncTransactionQueue::instance()
       callbackQueue = dispatch_get_main_queue();
     }
     _callbackQueue = callbackQueue;
-    _completionBlock = [completionBlock copy];
+    _completionBlock = completionBlock;
 
     _state = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(ASAsyncTransactionStateOpen);
   }
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm
index 9fedcb1b4d..484b6b76a9 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/Private/ASDisplayNode+AsyncDisplay.mm
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         }
       }
     };
-    [displayBlocks addObject:[pushAndDisplayBlock copy]];
+    [displayBlocks addObject:pushAndDisplayBlock];
   }
 
   // Recursively capture displayBlocks for all descendants.
@@ -130,11 +130,16 @@
 
   // If we pushed a transform, pop it by adding a display block that does nothing other than that.
   if (shouldDisplay) {
-    dispatch_block_t popBlock = ^{
-      CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
-      CGContextRestoreGState(context);
-    };
-    [displayBlocks addObject:[popBlock copy]];
+    // Since this block is pure, we can store it statically.
+    static dispatch_block_t popBlock;
+    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+      popBlock = ^{
+        CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
+        CGContextRestoreGState(context);
+      };
+    });
+    [displayBlocks addObject:popBlock];
   }
 }
 
@@ -252,7 +257,7 @@
     };
   }
 
-  return [displayBlock copy];
+  return displayBlock;
 }
 
 - (void)displayAsyncLayer:(_ASDisplayLayer *)asyncLayer asynchronously:(BOOL)asynchronously