diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 273560212..156aafcf0 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ func cleanupExecError(filename string, err error) error {
 	}
 
 	for i, fileLocation := range fileLocations {
-		t := fileLocation.FilterLocation()
-		fileLocations[i] = t
+		fileLocations[i] = fileLocation.FilterLocation()
 	}
 
 	for i, fileLocation := range fileLocations {