diff --git a/components/site/src/lib.rs b/components/site/src/lib.rs
index 9e8d1d3ad3..8287c0129c 100644
--- a/components/site/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/site/src/lib.rs
@@ -969,8 +969,7 @@ impl Site {
         if let Some(base) = base_path {
             let mut components = Vec::new();
             for component in base.components() {
-                // TODO: avoid cloning the paths
-                components.push(component.as_os_str().to_string_lossy().as_ref().to_string());
+                components.push(component.as_os_str().to_string_lossy());
             }
             self.write_content(
                 &components.iter().map(|x| x.as_ref()).collect::<Vec<_>>(),