1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
index b2344a422e63..0003bddbf224 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ mod pure_builtins {
     #[builtin("elem")]
     fn builtin_elem(vm: &mut VM, x: Value, xs: Value) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
         for val in xs.to_list()? {
-            if val.nix_eq(&x, vm)? {
+            if vm.nix_eq(val, x.clone(), true)? {
                 return Ok(true.into());
             }
         }