diff --git a/include/cppkafka/topic_configuration.h b/include/cppkafka/topic_configuration.h
index 2e9d705..aa56f84 100644
--- a/include/cppkafka/topic_configuration.h
+++ b/include/cppkafka/topic_configuration.h
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 #ifndef CPPKAFKA_TOPIC_CONFIGURATION_H
 #define CPPKAFKA_TOPIC_CONFIGURATION_H
 
-#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <librdkafka/rdkafka.h>
+#include "clonable_ptr.h"
 
 namespace cppkafka {
 
 class TopicConfiguration {
 public:
     TopicConfiguration();
-    TopicConfiguration(const TopicConfiguration& rhs);
-    TopicConfiguration(TopicConfiguration&& rhs) noexcept = default;
-    TopicConfiguration& operator=(const TopicConfiguration& rhs);
-    TopicConfiguration& operator=(TopicConfiguration&& rhs) noexcept = default;
 
     void set(const std::string& name, const std::string& value);
 
     rd_kafka_topic_conf_t* get_handle() const;
 private:
-    using HandlePtr = std::unique_ptr<rd_kafka_topic_conf_t,
-                                      decltype(&rd_kafka_topic_conf_destroy)>;
+    using HandlePtr = ClonablePtr<rd_kafka_topic_conf_t, decltype(&rd_kafka_topic_conf_destroy),
+                                  decltype(&rd_kafka_topic_conf_dup)>;
 
     TopicConfiguration(rd_kafka_topic_conf_t* ptr);
     static HandlePtr make_handle(rd_kafka_topic_conf_t* ptr);
diff --git a/src/topic_configuration.cpp b/src/topic_configuration.cpp
index eaf761f..ae73024 100644
--- a/src/topic_configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/topic_configuration.cpp
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@ TopicConfiguration::TopicConfiguration(rd_kafka_topic_conf_t* ptr)
 
 }
 
-TopicConfiguration::TopicConfiguration(const TopicConfiguration& rhs) 
-: handle_(make_handle(rd_kafka_topic_conf_dup(rhs.handle_.get()))) {
-
-}
-
-TopicConfiguration& TopicConfiguration::operator=(const TopicConfiguration& rhs) {
-    handle_.reset(rd_kafka_topic_conf_dup(rhs.handle_.get()));
-    return *this;
-}
-
 void TopicConfiguration::set(const string& name, const string& value) {
     char error_buffer[512];
     rd_kafka_conf_res_t result;
@@ -41,7 +31,7 @@ rd_kafka_topic_conf_t* TopicConfiguration::get_handle() const {
 }
 
 TopicConfiguration::HandlePtr TopicConfiguration::make_handle(rd_kafka_topic_conf_t* ptr) {
-    return HandlePtr(ptr, &rd_kafka_topic_conf_destroy);
+    return HandlePtr(ptr, &rd_kafka_topic_conf_destroy, &rd_kafka_topic_conf_dup);
 }     
 
 } // cppkafka