1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/util/StringUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/util/StringUtil.java
index b24742c2cb..54fdd5f310 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class StringUtil {
       // many concurrent submissions that touch the same files,
       // attempt to use a single reference for equal strings via the
       // deduplicator.
-      result.add(StringCanonicalizer.intern(new String(val)));
+      result.add(StringCanonicalizer.intern(val));
     }
     return result;
   }