diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/io.rs b/tvix/eval/src/io.rs
index 1baa24439..931a0f45c 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/io.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/io.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl EvalIO for StdIO {
     }
 
     fn read_to_string(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<String, io::Error> {
-        std::fs::read_to_string(&path)
+        std::fs::read_to_string(path)
     }
 
     fn read_dir(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<(bytes::Bytes, FileType)>, io::Error> {