diff --git a/pve-rs/src/tfa.rs b/pve-rs/src/tfa.rs
index 9381ef0..7588d6d 100644
--- a/pve-rs/src/tfa.rs
+++ b/pve-rs/src/tfa.rs
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ impl proxmox_tfa::api::OpenUserChallengeData for UserAccess {
 
     fn remove(&self, userid: &str) -> Result<bool, Error> {
         let path = challenge_data_path(userid, self.is_debug());
-        match std::fs::remove_file(&path) {
+        match std::fs::remove_file(path) {
             Ok(()) => Ok(true),
             Err(err) if err.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(false),
             Err(err) => Err(err.into()),