1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/js_ast.zig b/src/js_ast.zig
index 358fe3197..d25c494fa 100644
--- a/src/js_ast.zig
+++ b/src/js_ast.zig
@@ -2367,7 +2367,6 @@ pub const E = struct {
 
             if (s.is_utf16) {
                 var out = bun.String.createUninitializedUTF16(s.len());
-                defer out.deref();
                 @memcpy(@constCast(out.utf16()), s.slice16());
                 return out.toJS(globalObject);
             }