diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Rooms/Room.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Rooms/Room.cs
index a33150fe08..543b176b51 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Rooms/Room.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Rooms/Room.cs
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ using osu.Game.IO.Serialization.Converters;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Online.Multiplayer;
 using osu.Game.Online.Rooms.RoomStatuses;
-using osu.Game.Utils;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Online.Rooms
 {
     [JsonObject(MemberSerialization.OptIn)]
-    public class Room : IDeepCloneable<Room>
+    public class Room
     {
         [Cached]
         [JsonProperty("id")]
@@ -153,22 +152,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Rooms
             Password.BindValueChanged(p => HasPassword.Value = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(p.NewValue));
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Create a copy of this room without online information.
-        /// Should be used to create a local copy of a room for submitting in the future.
-        /// </summary>
-        public Room DeepClone()
-        {
-            var copy = new Room();
-
-            copy.CopyFrom(this);
-
-            // ID must be unset as we use this as a marker for whether this is a client-side (not-yet-created) room or not.
-            copy.RoomID.Value = null;
-
-            return copy;
-        }
-
         public void CopyFrom(Room other)
         {
             RoomID.Value = other.RoomID.Value;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/DrawableLoungeRoom.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/DrawableLoungeRoom.cs
index 27743e709f..7baa346c6f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/DrawableLoungeRoom.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/DrawableLoungeRoom.cs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.Lounge
         {
             new OsuMenuItem("Create copy", MenuItemType.Standard, () =>
             {
-                lounge?.Open(Room.DeepClone());
+                lounge?.OpenCopy(Room);
             })
         };
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/LoungeSubScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/LoungeSubScreen.cs
index cd1c8a0a64..08b4ae9db2 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/LoungeSubScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/OnlinePlay/Lounge/LoungeSubScreen.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Threading;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Game.Input;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Online.Rooms;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.Lounge
         [Resolved]
         private IBindable<RulesetInfo> ruleset { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private IAPIProvider api { get; set; }
+
         [CanBeNull]
         private IDisposable joiningRoomOperation { get; set; }
 
@@ -310,6 +314,41 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.OnlinePlay.Lounge
             });
         });
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Copies a room and opens it as a fresh (not-yet-created) one.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="room">The room to copy.</param>
+        public void OpenCopy(Room room)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(room.RoomID.Value != null);
+
+            if (joiningRoomOperation != null)
+                return;
+
+            joiningRoomOperation = ongoingOperationTracker?.BeginOperation();
+
+            var req = new GetRoomRequest(room.RoomID.Value.Value);
+
+            req.Success += r =>
+            {
+                // ID must be unset as we use this as a marker for whether this is a client-side (not-yet-created) room or not.
+                r.RoomID.Value = null;
+
+                Open(r);
+
+                joiningRoomOperation?.Dispose();
+                joiningRoomOperation = null;
+            };
+
+            req.Failure += _ =>
+            {
+                joiningRoomOperation?.Dispose();
+                joiningRoomOperation = null;
+            };
+
+            api.Queue(req);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Push a room as a new subscreen.
         /// </summary>