diff --git a/crates/provider/src/blocks.rs b/crates/provider/src/blocks.rs
index 8abab52d0c03..c35a55e8ef40 100644
--- a/crates/provider/src/blocks.rs
+++ b/crates/provider/src/blocks.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ use alloy_primitives::{BlockNumber, U64};
 use alloy_rpc_client::{NoParams, PollerBuilder, WeakClient};
 use alloy_transport::{RpcError, Transport, TransportResult};
 use async_stream::stream;
-use futures::{future::Either, Stream, StreamExt};
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use lru::LruCache;
 use std::{marker::PhantomData, num::NonZeroUsize};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "pubsub")]
+use futures::future::Either;
+
 /// The size of the block cache.
 const BLOCK_CACHE_SIZE: NonZeroUsize = unsafe { NonZeroUsize::new_unchecked(10) };
 
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ pub(crate) struct NewBlocks<T, N: Network = Ethereum> {
 impl<T: Transport + Clone, N: Network> NewBlocks<T, N> {
     pub(crate) fn new(client: WeakClient<T>) -> Self {
         Self {
-            client: client.clone(),
+            client,
             next_yield: NO_BLOCK_NUMBER,
             known_blocks: LruCache::new(BLOCK_CACHE_SIZE),
             _phantom: PhantomData,
diff --git a/crates/provider/src/heart.rs b/crates/provider/src/heart.rs
index c75df9357787..181fc2e7e059 100644
--- a/crates/provider/src/heart.rs
+++ b/crates/provider/src/heart.rs
@@ -629,13 +629,10 @@ impl<N: Network, S: Stream<Item = N::BlockResponse> + Unpin + 'static> Heartbeat
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 impl<N: Network, S: Stream<Item = N::BlockResponse> + Unpin + 'static> Heartbeat<N, S> {
     /// Spawn the heartbeat task, returning a [`HeartbeatHandle`].
-    pub(crate) fn spawn(self) -> HeartbeatHandle {
-        let (latest, latest_rx) = watch::channel(None::<N::BlockResponse>);
-        let (ix_tx, ixns) = mpsc::channel(16);
-
-        self.into_future(latest, ixns).spawn_task();
-
-        HeartbeatHandle { tx: ix_tx, latest: latest_rx }
+    pub(crate) fn spawn(self) -> HeartbeatHandle<N> {
+        let (task, handle) = self.consume();
+        task.spawn_task();
+        handle
     }
 }
 
@@ -643,16 +640,19 @@ impl<N: Network, S: Stream<Item = N::BlockResponse> + Unpin + 'static> Heartbeat
 impl<N: Network, S: Stream<Item = N::BlockResponse> + Unpin + Send + 'static> Heartbeat<N, S> {
     /// Spawn the heartbeat task, returning a [`HeartbeatHandle`].
     pub(crate) fn spawn(self) -> HeartbeatHandle<N> {
-        let (latest, latest_rx) = watch::channel(None::<N::BlockResponse>);
-        let (ix_tx, ixns) = mpsc::channel(16);
-
-        self.into_future(latest, ixns).spawn_task();
-
-        HeartbeatHandle { tx: ix_tx, latest: latest_rx }
+        let (task, handle) = self.consume();
+        task.spawn_task();
+        handle
     }
 }
 
 impl<N: Network, S: Stream<Item = N::BlockResponse> + Unpin + 'static> Heartbeat<N, S> {
+    fn consume(self) -> (impl Future<Output = ()>, HeartbeatHandle<N>) {
+        let (latest, latest_rx) = watch::channel(None::<N::BlockResponse>);
+        let (ix_tx, ixns) = mpsc::channel(16);
+        (self.into_future(latest, ixns), HeartbeatHandle { tx: ix_tx, latest: latest_rx })
+    }
+
     async fn into_future(
         mut self,
         latest: watch::Sender<Option<N::BlockResponse>>,