diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index ca900c99d6..6a9907b5a9 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -6971,7 +6971,7 @@ Session::source_search_path (DataType type) const
 		break;
 	}
 
-	return std::move(sp);
+	return sp;
 }
 
 void