diff --git a/modules/editor/format/autoload/format.el b/modules/editor/format/autoload/format.el
index 77eb0c24c..cdfb87c8e 100644
--- a/modules/editor/format/autoload/format.el
+++ b/modules/editor/format/autoload/format.el
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ See `+format/buffer' for the interactive version of this function, and
             ;; like `gofmt') widen the buffer, in order to only format a region of
             ;; text, we must make a copy of the buffer to apply formatting to.
             (let ((output (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max)))
-                  (origin-buffer (or (buffer-base-buffer) (current-buffer)))
-                  (origin-buffer-file-name (buffer-file-name (buffer-base-buffer)))
-                  (origin-default-directory default-directory))
+                  (origin-buffer (or (buffer-base-buffer) (current-buffer))))
               (with-temp-buffer
                 (with-silent-modifications
                   (insert output)