diff --git a/mullvad-ios/src/ephemeral_peer_proxy/peer_exchange.rs b/mullvad-ios/src/ephemeral_peer_proxy/peer_exchange.rs
index e3540c2d432d..6e6858a8d0ef 100644
--- a/mullvad-ios/src/ephemeral_peer_proxy/peer_exchange.rs
+++ b/mullvad-ios/src/ephemeral_peer_proxy/peer_exchange.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl EphemeralPeerExchange {
                 let provider = tcp_provider.clone();
                 async move {
                     provider
-                        .connect(&GRPC_HOST_CSTR)
+                        .connect(GRPC_HOST_CSTR)
                         .await
                         .map(hyper_util::rt::tokio::TokioIo::new)
                         .map_err(|_| Error::TcpConnectionOpen)