diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
index 1f82d9a3d79c7f442ee0b932c3a4024d0a6531a4..d51f907307e46f12dff05a9306888e54b7dbb13e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ pub fn current_exe() -> IoResult<Path> {
         if v.is_null() {
             Err(IoError::last_error())
         } else {
-            Ok(Path::new(CStr::from_ptr(&v).to_bytes().to_vec()))
+            Ok(Path::new(CStr::from_ptr(v).to_bytes().to_vec()))
         }
     }
 }