diff --git a/pkg/arvo/app/aggregator.hoon b/pkg/arvo/app/aggregator.hoon
index b3bea408ad..cdbd9de4f6 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/app/aggregator.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/app/aggregator.hoon
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@
 ::
 ++  predicted-state
   |=  nas=^state:naive
-  ^+  nas
   ^+  state
   =.  pre.state  nas
   |^