diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index d9a7edcc1135..8339ecde121e 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ pub fn isolation_abort_error<'tcx>(name: &str) -> InterpResult<'tcx> {
 
 /// Retrieve the list of local crates that should have been passed by cargo-miri in
 /// MIRI_LOCAL_CRATES and turn them into `CrateNum`s.
-pub fn get_local_crates(tcx: &TyCtxt<'_>) -> Vec<CrateNum> {
+pub fn get_local_crates(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Vec<CrateNum> {
     // Convert the local crate names from the passed-in config into CrateNums so that they can
     // be looked up quickly during execution
     let local_crate_names = std::env::var("MIRI_LOCAL_CRATES")
diff --git a/src/machine.rs b/src/machine.rs
index 1cb815706195..9a358bb6d53a 100644
--- a/src/machine.rs
+++ b/src/machine.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ pub struct Evaluator<'mir, 'tcx> {
 
 impl<'mir, 'tcx> Evaluator<'mir, 'tcx> {
     pub(crate) fn new(config: &MiriConfig, layout_cx: LayoutCx<'tcx, TyCtxt<'tcx>>) -> Self {
-        let local_crates = helpers::get_local_crates(&layout_cx.tcx);
+        let local_crates = helpers::get_local_crates(layout_cx.tcx);
         let layouts =
             PrimitiveLayouts::new(layout_cx).expect("Couldn't get layouts of primitive types");
         let profiler = config.measureme_out.as_ref().map(|out| {