diff --git a/src/libfetchers/git.cc b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
index b411e112f..e8698709a 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/git.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
@@ -737,8 +737,6 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
                 exportIgnore,
                 makeNotAllowedError(repoInfo.locationToArg()));
 
-        accessor->setPathDisplay(repoInfo.locationToArg());
-
         /* If the repo has submodules, return a mounted input accessor
            consisting of the accessor for the top-level repo and the
            accessors for the submodule workdirs. */
diff --git a/tests/functional/fetchGit.sh b/tests/functional/fetchGit.sh
index 78925b5cd..f3eda54dc 100755
--- a/tests/functional/fetchGit.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/fetchGit.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ nix-instantiate --eval -E "builtins.readFile ((builtins.fetchGit file://$TEST_RO
 
 # Fetch a worktree.
 unset _NIX_FORCE_HTTP
+expectStderr 0 nix eval -vvvv --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$TEST_ROOT/worktree).outPath" | grepQuiet "copying '$TEST_ROOT/worktree/' to the store"
 path0=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$TEST_ROOT/worktree).outPath")
 path0_=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchTree { type = \"git\"; url = file://$TEST_ROOT/worktree; }).outPath")
 [[ $path0 = $path0_ ]]