diff --git a/src/core/ffi.c b/src/core/ffi.c
index 60f7e9dc..85a2c889 100644
--- a/src/core/ffi.c
+++ b/src/core/ffi.c
@@ -1183,9 +1183,7 @@ JANET_CORE_FN(janet_core_raw_native,
               "Returns a `core/native`.") {
     janet_arity(argc, 0, 1);
     const char *path = janet_optcstring(argv, argc, 0, NULL);
-    char *processed_name = (NULL == path) ? NULL : get_processed_name(path);
-    Clib lib = load_clib(processed_name);
-    if (NULL != path && path != processed_name) janet_free(processed_name);
+    Clib lib = load_clib(path);
     if (!lib) janet_panic(error_clib());
     JanetAbstractNative *anative = janet_abstract(&janet_native_type, sizeof(JanetAbstractNative));
     anative->clib = lib;