diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java
index c3f64f597b..9eed207c6d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java
@@ -2237,7 +2237,6 @@ private String getFromEnvReactorOutputPortPointer(
         + "("
         + reactorBaseType
         + "*)"
-        + "&"
         + getFromEnvReactorPointer(main, reactor)
         + ")"
         + "->"