diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StructuredData.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StructuredData.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StructuredData.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Utility/StructuredData.h
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
     void *m_object;
   };
 
-  static ObjectSP ParseJSON(const std::string &json_text);
+  static ObjectSP ParseJSON(llvm::StringRef json_text);
   static ObjectSP ParseJSONFromFile(const FileSpec &file, Status &error);
   static bool IsRecordType(const ObjectSP object_sp);
 };
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBDebugger.cpp
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@
     m_opaque_sp->DumpAllPropertyValues(&exe_ctx, json_strm, /*dump_mask*/ 0,
                                        /*is_json*/ true);
 
-  data.m_impl_up->SetObjectSP(
-      StructuredData::ParseJSON(json_strm.GetString().str()));
+  data.m_impl_up->SetObjectSP(StructuredData::ParseJSON(json_strm.GetString()));
   return data;
 }
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBStructuredData.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBStructuredData.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBStructuredData.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBStructuredData.cpp
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
   LLDB_INSTRUMENT_VA(this, stream);
 
   lldb::SBError error;
-  std::string json_str(stream.GetData());
 
-  StructuredData::ObjectSP json_obj = StructuredData::ParseJSON(json_str);
+  StructuredData::ObjectSP json_obj =
+      StructuredData::ParseJSON(stream.GetData());
   m_impl_up->SetObjectSP(json_obj);
 
   if (!json_obj || json_obj->GetType() != eStructuredDataTypeDictionary)
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/gdb-server/PlatformRemoteGDBServer.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/gdb-server/PlatformRemoteGDBServer.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/gdb-server/PlatformRemoteGDBServer.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Platform/gdb-server/PlatformRemoteGDBServer.cpp
@@ -699,8 +699,7 @@
       response.GetResponseType() != response.eResponse)
     return m_remote_signals_sp;
 
-  auto object_sp =
-      StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+  auto object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
   if (!object_sp || !object_sp->IsValid())
     return m_remote_signals_sp;
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClient.cpp
@@ -549,8 +549,7 @@
       if (response.IsUnsupportedResponse()) {
         m_supports_jThreadsInfo = false;
       } else if (!response.Empty()) {
-        object_sp =
-            StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+        object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
       }
     }
   }
@@ -2620,7 +2619,7 @@
     return 0;
 
   StructuredData::ObjectSP data =
-      StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+      StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
   if (!data)
     return 0;
 
@@ -3868,7 +3867,7 @@
   }
 
   StructuredData::ObjectSP response_object_sp =
-      StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+      StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
   if (!response_object_sp)
     return std::nullopt;
 
@@ -4126,7 +4125,7 @@
     if (SendPacketAndWaitForResponse("qStructuredDataPlugins", response) ==
         PacketResult::Success) {
       m_supported_async_json_packets_sp =
-          StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+          StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
       if (m_supported_async_json_packets_sp &&
           !m_supported_async_json_packets_sp->GetAsArray()) {
         // We were returned something other than a JSON array.  This is
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/ProcessGDBRemote.cpp
@@ -3781,8 +3781,7 @@
           response.GetResponseType();
       if (response_type == StringExtractorGDBRemote::eResponse) {
         if (!response.Empty()) {
-          object_sp =
-              StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+          object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
         }
       }
     }
@@ -3853,8 +3852,7 @@
           response.GetResponseType();
       if (response_type == StringExtractorGDBRemote::eResponse) {
         if (!response.Empty()) {
-          object_sp =
-              StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+          object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
         }
       }
     }
@@ -3876,8 +3874,7 @@
           response.GetResponseType();
       if (response_type == StringExtractorGDBRemote::eResponse) {
         if (!response.Empty()) {
-          object_sp =
-              StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+          object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
         }
       }
     }
@@ -3909,8 +3906,7 @@
           response.GetResponseType();
       if (response_type == StringExtractorGDBRemote::eResponse) {
         if (!response.Empty()) {
-          object_sp =
-              StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(response.GetStringRef()));
+          object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(response.GetStringRef());
         }
       }
     }
@@ -5087,8 +5083,7 @@
   }
 
   // This is an asynchronous JSON packet, destined for a StructuredDataPlugin.
-  StructuredData::ObjectSP json_sp =
-      StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(packet));
+  StructuredData::ObjectSP json_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(packet);
   if (log) {
     if (json_sp) {
       StreamString json_str;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Utility/StructuredData.cpp b/lldb/source/Utility/StructuredData.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Utility/StructuredData.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Utility/StructuredData.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 static StructuredData::ObjectSP ParseJSONObject(json::Object *object);
 static StructuredData::ObjectSP ParseJSONArray(json::Array *array);
 
-StructuredData::ObjectSP
-StructuredData::ParseJSON(const std::string &json_text) {
+StructuredData::ObjectSP StructuredData::ParseJSON(llvm::StringRef json_text) {
   llvm::Expected<json::Value> value = json::parse(json_text);
   if (!value) {
     llvm::consumeError(value.takeError());
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClientTest.cpp b/lldb/unittests/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClientTest.cpp
--- a/lldb/unittests/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClientTest.cpp
+++ b/lldb/unittests/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunicationClientTest.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
   server_thread.join();
 
   GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "Formatted output: " << ss.GetData();
-  auto object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(ss.GetString()));
+  auto object_sp = StructuredData::ParseJSON(ss.GetString());
   ASSERT_TRUE(bool(object_sp));
   auto dict_sp = object_sp->GetAsDictionary();
   ASSERT_TRUE(bool(dict_sp));
diff --git a/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-server/tests/MessageObjects.cpp b/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-server/tests/MessageObjects.cpp
--- a/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-server/tests/MessageObjects.cpp
+++ b/lldb/unittests/tools/lldb-server/tests/MessageObjects.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@
                                             ArrayRef<RegisterInfo> RegInfos) {
   JThreadsInfo jthreads_info;
 
-  StructuredData::ObjectSP json =
-      StructuredData::ParseJSON(std::string(Response));
+  StructuredData::ObjectSP json = StructuredData::ParseJSON(Response);
   StructuredData::Array *array = json->GetAsArray();
   if (!array)
     return make_parsing_error("JThreadsInfo: JSON array");