diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
index 6797cfd170..d5cf751632 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/App/Area.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void Area::addWire(CArea &area, const TopoDS_Wire& wire,
             AREA_WARN("ccurve not closed");
             ccurve.append(ccurve.m_vertices.front());
         }
-        area.append(ccurve);
+        area.move(std::move(ccurve));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.cpp
index f30d4f45cd..be6b8e8e98 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ void CArea::append(const CCurve& curve)
 	m_curves.push_back(curve);
 }
 
+void CArea::move(CCurve&& curve)
+{
+	m_curves.push_back(std::move(curve));
+}
+
 void CArea::FitArcs(){
 	for(std::list<CCurve>::iterator It = m_curves.begin(); It != m_curves.end(); It++)
 	{
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.h b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.h
index 6c0bced98d..3f6eabe756 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Area.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public:
     static double m_clipper_scale;
 
 	void append(const CCurve& curve);
+	void move(CCurve&& curve);
 	void Subtract(const CArea& a2);
 	void Intersect(const CArea& a2);
 	void Union(const CArea& a2);
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Curve.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Curve.cpp
index 0235090688..2eaaefa2f1 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Curve.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/Curve.cpp
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ void CCurve::FitArcs(bool retry)
 
 	if(arc_added)
 	{
-		m_vertices.clear();
-		for(std::list<CVertex>::iterator It = new_vertices.begin(); It != new_vertices.end(); It++)m_vertices.push_back(*It);
-		for(std::list<const CVertex*>::iterator It = might_be_an_arc.begin(); It != might_be_an_arc.end(); It++)m_vertices.push_back(*(*It));
+        for(auto *v : might_be_an_arc)
+            new_vertices.push_back(*v);
+        m_vertices.swap(new_vertices);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void CCurve::Reverse()
 		prev_v = &v;
 	}
 
-	m_vertices = new_vertices;
+	m_vertices.swap(new_vertices);
 }
 
 double CCurve::GetArea()const
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ void CCurve::ChangeStart(const Point &p) {
 
 	if(started)
 	{
-		*this = new_curve;
+		m_vertices.swap(new_curve.m_vertices);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void CCurve::RemoveTinySpans() {
 			new_curve.m_vertices.push_back(vertex);
 		}
 	}
-	*this = new_curve;
+    m_vertices.swap(new_curve.m_vertices);
 }
 
 void CCurve::ChangeEnd(const Point &p) {
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void CCurve::ChangeEnd(const Point &p) {
 		prev_p = &(vertex.m_p);
 	}
 
-	*this = new_curve;
+	m_vertices.swap(new_curve.m_vertices);
 }
 
 Point CCurve::NearestPoint(const Span& p, double *d)const