diff --git a/validator_client/slashing_protection/src/slashing_database.rs b/validator_client/slashing_protection/src/slashing_database.rs
index bd5f97f4d..c8be85147 100644
--- a/validator_client/slashing_protection/src/slashing_database.rs
+++ b/validator_client/slashing_protection/src/slashing_database.rs
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ impl SlashingDatabase {
     /// The exclusive locking mode also has the benefit of applying to other processes, so multiple
     /// Lighthouse processes trying to access the same database will also be blocked.
     fn apply_pragmas(conn: &mut rusqlite::Connection) -> Result<(), rusqlite::Error> {
-        conn.pragma_update(None, "foreign_keys", &true)?;
-        conn.pragma_update(None, "locking_mode", &"EXCLUSIVE")?;
+        conn.pragma_update(None, "foreign_keys", true)?;
+        conn.pragma_update(None, "locking_mode", "EXCLUSIVE")?;
         Ok(())
     }