diff --git a/src/renderer/mod.rs b/src/renderer/mod.rs
index 05a5ac6f..9d2952c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/mod.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl CmdRenderer {
                 } else {
                     // Let this bubble through to later be handled by
                     // handle_render_command_error.
-                    abs_exe.to_path_buf()
+                    abs_exe
                 }
             }
         };