diff --git a/router/src/matching/matcher.rs b/router/src/matching/matcher.rs
index dd0d8a4bd..d25db6569 100644
--- a/router/src/matching/matcher.rs
+++ b/router/src/matching/matcher.rs
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ impl Matcher {
                 self.segments.iter().zip(loc_segments.iter())
             {
                 if let Some(param_name) = segment.strip_prefix(':') {
-                    params.insert(
-                        param_name.into(),
-                        unescape(*loc_segment).into(),
-                    );
+                    params.insert(param_name.into(), unescape(loc_segment));
                 } else if segment != loc_segment {
                     // if any segment doesn't match and isn't a param, there's no path match
                     return None;