diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcStrmWriter.hh b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcStrmWriter.hh
index f0d72a4d43d..a8f26c01f84 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcStrmWriter.hh
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcStrmWriter.hh
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
       {
         std::future<WrtBuff*> ftr = buffers.dequeue();
         std::unique_ptr<WrtBuff> result( ftr.get() );
-        return std::move( result );
+        return result;
       }
 
       //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcThreadPool.hh b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcThreadPool.hh
index 8ed68a981f0..0b77b0638cf 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcThreadPool.hh
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcThreadPool.hh
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
         AnyJob<FUNC, RET, ARGs...> *job = new AnyJob<FUNC, RET, ARGs...>( func, std::move( args )... );
         std::future<RET> ftr = job->GetFuture();
         threadpool.QueueJob( job, nullptr );
-        return std::move( ftr );
+        return ftr;
       }
 
     private:
diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcUtilities.hh b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcUtilities.hh
index d6fa921175c..a58d3c988f8 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcUtilities.hh
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcUtilities.hh
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
       }
       Element element = std::move( elements.front() );
       elements.pop();
-      return std::move( element );
+      return element;
     }
 
     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcWrtBuff.hh b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcWrtBuff.hh
index 37b009ecd0e..f62bfe9daa7 100644
--- a/src/XrdEc/XrdEcWrtBuff.hh
+++ b/src/XrdEc/XrdEcWrtBuff.hh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
         {
           XrdCl::Buffer buffer( std::move( pool.front() ) );
           pool.pop();
-          return std::move( buffer );
+          return buffer;
         }
         //---------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Check if we can create a new buffer object without exceeding the
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
         {
           XrdCl::Buffer buffer( objcfg.blksize );
           ++currentsize;
-          return std::move( buffer );
+          return buffer;
         }
         //---------------------------------------------------------------------
         // If not, we have to wait until there is a buffer we can recycle
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace XrdEc
         while( pool.empty() ) cv.wait( lck );
         XrdCl::Buffer buffer( std::move( pool.front() ) );
         pool.pop();
-        return std::move( buffer );
+        return buffer;
       }
 
       //-----------------------------------------------------------------------