2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.cc b/src/libutil/hash.cc
index 4df8b4ecb..6ed00d43c 100644
--- a/src/libutil/hash.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.cc
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Hash::Hash(std::string_view rest, HashType type, bool isSRI)
         throw BadHash("hash '%s' has wrong length for hash type '%s'", rest, printHashType(this->type));
 }
 
-Hash newHashAllowEmpty(std::string hashStr, std::optional<HashType> ht)
+Hash newHashAllowEmpty(std::string_view hashStr, std::optional<HashType> ht)
 {
     if (hashStr.empty()) {
         if (!ht)
diff --git a/src/libutil/hash.hh b/src/libutil/hash.hh
index 1b626dd85..dff46542f 100644
--- a/src/libutil/hash.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/hash.hh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 /* Helper that defaults empty hashes to the 0 hash. */
-Hash newHashAllowEmpty(std::string hashStr, std::optional<HashType> ht);
+Hash newHashAllowEmpty(std::string_view hashStr, std::optional<HashType> ht);
 
 /* Print a hash in base-16 if it's MD5, or base-32 otherwise. */
 string printHash16or32(const Hash & hash);