diff --git a/src/builtins/list.zig b/src/builtins/list.zig
index 0c99184f86..5bf8b55a29 100644
--- a/src/builtins/list.zig
+++ b/src/builtins/list.zig
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ pub const RocList = extern struct {
         }
 
         const data_bytes = length * element_width;
-        const result = RocList{
+        return RocList{
             .bytes = utils.allocateWithRefcount(
                 data_bytes,
                 alignment,
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ pub const RocList = extern struct {
             .length = length,
             .capacity_or_alloc_ptr = length,
         };
-
-        return result;
     }
 
     pub fn reallocate(