diff --git a/telebot/__init__.py b/telebot/__init__.py
index 671c5631b..b154d04ca 100644
--- a/telebot/__init__.py
+++ b/telebot/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 # random module to generate random string
 import random
 import string
-import copy
 
 import ssl
 
@@ -8750,7 +8749,7 @@ def _run_middlewares_and_handler(self, message, handlers, middlewares, update_ty
                             logger.error("It is not allowed to pass data and values inside data to the handler. Check your handler: {}".format(handler['function']))
                             return
                     else:
-                        data_copy = copy.deepcopy(data)
+                        data_copy = data.copy()
                         for key in list(data_copy):
                             # remove data from data_copy if handler does not accept it
                             if key not in params: