diff --git a/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp b/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp
index e176d01730a..251fa4f02a3 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.cpp
@@ -176,16 +176,14 @@ URLType url_type(URL::URL const& url)
     return URLType::Other;
 }
 
-String url_text_to_copy(URL::URL const& url)
+ByteString url_text_to_copy(URL::URL const& url)
 {
-    auto url_text = url.to_string();
+    auto url_text = url.to_byte_string();
 
     if (url.scheme() == "mailto"sv)
-        return MUST(url_text.substring_from_byte_offset("mailto:"sv.length()));
-
+        return url_text.substring("mailto:"sv.length());
     if (url.scheme() == "tel"sv)
-        return MUST(url_text.substring_from_byte_offset("tel:"sv.length()));
-
+        return url_text.substring("tel:"sv.length());
     return url_text;
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.h b/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.h
index c5f7884f25b..43723040dc3 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWebView/URL.h
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ enum class URLType {
     Other,
 };
 WEBVIEW_API URLType url_type(URL::URL const&);
-WEBVIEW_API String url_text_to_copy(URL::URL const&);
+WEBVIEW_API ByteString url_text_to_copy(URL::URL const&);
 
 }