diff --git a/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs b/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs
index 1d247b1ad..f77f5e805 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/ui/menu.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn score(&mut self, pattern: &str) {
                 .iter()
                 .enumerate()
                 .filter_map(|(index, option)| {
-                    let text: String = option.filter_text(&self.editor_data).into();
+                    let text = option.filter_text(&self.editor_data);
                     // TODO: using fuzzy_indices could give us the char idx for match highlighting
                     self.matcher
                         .fuzzy_match(&text, pattern)