diff --git a/src/env.cpp b/src/env.cpp
index 288497a12..9ae4bc2d1 100644
--- a/src/env.cpp
+++ b/src/env.cpp
@@ -635,7 +635,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<const null_terminated_array_t<char>> env_scoped_impl_t::create_e
             assert(var && "Variable should be present in uvars");
             // Note that std::map::insert does NOT overwrite a value already in the map,
             // which we depend on here.
-            vals.insert(std::move(std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(*var))));
+            // Note: Using std::move around make_pair prevents the compiler from implementing
+            // copy elision.
+            vals.insert(std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(*var)));
         }
     }