diff --git a/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs b/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs
index c42e3f2703f07ac7f9e908c4a3135a819a01ed58..eb042f212565beb3ca21d2379c66700c90fbff51 100644
--- a/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs
+++ b/crates/orchestrator/src/generators/chain_spec.rs
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ impl ChainSpec {
 
             // make genesis overrides first.
             if let Some(overrides) = &para.genesis_overrides {
-                if let Some(genesis) = chain_spec_json.pointer_mut(&format!("{}/genesis", pointer))
-                {
+                if let Some(genesis) = chain_spec_json.pointer_mut(&pointer) {
                     merge(genesis, overrides);
                 }
             }