diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 4cba8256..b477faa0 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ static Config parse_nonpositional_args(std::span<std::string_view> args,
     } else if (read_flag(args, "strip-all") || read_flag(args, "s")) {
       conf.strip_all = true;
     } else if (read_arg(args, arg, "rpath")) {
-      conf.rpaths.push_back(std::string(arg));
+      conf.rpaths.push_back(arg);
     } else if (read_arg(args, arg, "version-script")) {
       conf.version_script.push_back(arg);
     } else if (read_arg(args, arg, "z")) {
diff --git a/mold.h b/mold.h
index 24e7f4eb..15285b37 100644
--- a/mold.h
+++ b/mold.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct Config {
   int thread_count = -1;
   std::string sysroot;
   std::vector<std::string> globals;
-  std::vector<std::string> rpaths;
+  std::vector<std::string_view> rpaths;
   std::vector<std::string_view> library_paths;
   std::vector<std::string_view> trace_symbol;
   std::vector<std::string_view> version_script;