diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/bin/main.rs
index 7ec3140c03862..cbfe00a757ce4 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ fn check_version(config: &Config) -> Option<String> {
     }
 
     msg.push_str("There have been changes to x.py since you last updated:\n");
-    msg.push_str(&human_readable_changes(&changes));
+    msg.push_str(&human_readable_changes(changes));
 
     msg.push_str("NOTE: to silence this warning, ");
     msg.push_str(&format!(
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
index bbb0fbfbb9351..1712be7f947fa 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/config.rs
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ impl Config {
                     if !changes.is_empty() {
                         println!(
                             "WARNING: There have been changes to x.py since you last updated:\n{}",
-                            crate::human_readable_changes(&changes)
+                            crate::human_readable_changes(changes)
                         );
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
index 5314141dd1b02..244391739f38a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/change_tracker.rs
@@ -35,29 +35,25 @@ impl Display for ChangeSeverity {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn find_recent_config_change_ids(current_id: usize) -> Vec<ChangeInfo> {
-    if !CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY.iter().any(|config| config.change_id == current_id) {
+pub fn find_recent_config_change_ids(current_id: usize) -> &'static [ChangeInfo] {
+    if let Some(index) =
+        CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY.iter().position(|config| config.change_id == current_id)
+    {
+        // Skip the current_id and IDs before it
+        &CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY[index + 1..]
+    } else {
         // If the current change-id is greater than the most recent one, return
         // an empty list (it may be due to switching from a recent branch to an
         // older one); otherwise, return the full list (assuming the user provided
         // the incorrect change-id by accident).
         if let Some(config) = CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY.iter().max_by_key(|config| config.change_id) {
             if current_id > config.change_id {
-                return Vec::new();
+                return &[];
             }
         }
 
-        return CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY.to_vec();
+        CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY
     }
-
-    let index =
-        CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY.iter().position(|config| config.change_id == current_id).unwrap();
-
-    CONFIG_CHANGE_HISTORY
-        .iter()
-        .skip(index + 1) // Skip the current_id and IDs before it
-        .cloned()
-        .collect()
 }
 
 pub fn human_readable_changes(changes: &[ChangeInfo]) -> String {