diff --git a/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx b/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx
index 93dc36baf..13dd6bf23 100644
--- a/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx
+++ b/src/actions/actionClipboard.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export const actionCopyAsSvg = register({
           ? selectedElements
           : getNonDeletedElements(elements),
         appState,
-        app.canvas,
         appState,
       );
       return {
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ export const actionCopyAsPng = register({
           ? selectedElements
           : getNonDeletedElements(elements),
         appState,
-        app.canvas,
         appState,
       );
       return {
diff --git a/src/clipboard.ts b/src/clipboard.ts
index 82218de36..5728554d6 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.ts
+++ b/src/clipboard.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { getSelectedElements } from "./scene";
 import { AppState } from "./types";
 import { SVG_EXPORT_TAG } from "./scene/export";
 import { tryParseSpreadsheet, Spreadsheet, VALID_SPREADSHEET } from "./charts";
-import { canvasToBlob } from "./data/blob";
 import { EXPORT_DATA_TYPES } from "./constants";
 
 type ElementsClipboard = {
@@ -152,8 +151,7 @@ export const parseClipboard = async (
   }
 };
 
-export const copyCanvasToClipboardAsPng = async (canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) => {
-  const blob = await canvasToBlob(canvas);
+export const copyBlobToClipboardAsPng = async (blob: Blob) => {
   await navigator.clipboard.write([
     new window.ClipboardItem({ "image/png": blob }),
   ]);
diff --git a/src/components/LayerUI.tsx b/src/components/LayerUI.tsx
index 65e5e5b68..c33cbb086 100644
--- a/src/components/LayerUI.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LayerUI.tsx
@@ -407,20 +407,18 @@ const LayerUI = ({
       exportedElements,
       scale,
     ) => {
-      if (canvas) {
-        await exportCanvas(type, exportedElements, appState, canvas, {
-          exportBackground: appState.exportBackground,
-          name: appState.name,
-          viewBackgroundColor: appState.viewBackgroundColor,
-          scale,
-          shouldAddWatermark: appState.shouldAddWatermark,
-        })
-          .catch(muteFSAbortError)
-          .catch((error) => {
-            console.error(error);
-            setAppState({ errorMessage: error.message });
-          });
-      }
+      await exportCanvas(type, exportedElements, appState, {
+        exportBackground: appState.exportBackground,
+        name: appState.name,
+        viewBackgroundColor: appState.viewBackgroundColor,
+        scale,
+        shouldAddWatermark: appState.shouldAddWatermark,
+      })
+        .catch(muteFSAbortError)
+        .catch((error) => {
+          console.error(error);
+          setAppState({ errorMessage: error.message });
+        });
     };
 
     return (
diff --git a/src/data/index.ts b/src/data/index.ts
index 3f4012de6..fce8d9bd2 100644
--- a/src/data/index.ts
+++ b/src/data/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { fileSave } from "browser-fs-access";
 import {
-  copyCanvasToClipboardAsPng,
+  copyBlobToClipboardAsPng,
   copyTextToSystemClipboard,
 } from "../clipboard";
 import { NonDeletedExcalidrawElement } from "../element/types";
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export const exportCanvas = async (
   type: ExportType,
   elements: readonly NonDeletedExcalidrawElement[],
   appState: AppState,
-  canvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
   {
     exportBackground,
     exportPadding = 10,
@@ -76,10 +75,11 @@ export const exportCanvas = async (
   });
   tempCanvas.style.display = "none";
   document.body.appendChild(tempCanvas);
+  let blob = await canvasToBlob(tempCanvas);
+  tempCanvas.remove();
 
   if (type === "png") {
     const fileName = `${name}.png`;
-    let blob = await canvasToBlob(tempCanvas);
     if (appState.exportEmbedScene) {
       blob = await (
         await import(/* webpackChunkName: "image" */ "./image")
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const exportCanvas = async (
     });
   } else if (type === "clipboard") {
     try {
-      await copyCanvasToClipboardAsPng(tempCanvas);
+      await copyBlobToClipboardAsPng(blob);
     } catch (error) {
       if (error.name === "CANVAS_POSSIBLY_TOO_BIG") {
         throw error;
@@ -103,9 +103,4 @@ export const exportCanvas = async (
       throw new Error(t("alerts.couldNotCopyToClipboard"));
     }
   }
-
-  // clean up the DOM
-  if (tempCanvas !== canvas) {
-    tempCanvas.remove();
-  }
 };