diff --git a/lib/components/app/responsive-webapp.js b/lib/components/app/responsive-webapp.js
index 15e5d4a22..ee4c3c684 100644
--- a/lib/components/app/responsive-webapp.js
+++ b/lib/components/app/responsive-webapp.js
@@ -183,10 +183,7 @@ class ResponsiveWebapp extends Component {
       navigator.geolocation.watchPosition(
         // On success
         (position) => {
-          // This object cloning is required to be allowed to read the position info twice
-          // on webkit browsers.
-          // See https://github.com/opentripplanner/otp-react-redux/pull/697 for details
-          receivedPositionResponse({ position: { ...position } })
+          receivedPositionResponse({ position })
         },
         // On error
         (error) => {