diff --git a/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/proto.rs b/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/proto.rs
index 9ecbaec..4b21da1 100644
--- a/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/proto.rs
+++ b/crates/rdsys-backend-api/src/proto.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl Resource {
     /// using "Jones" coefficients. Changing go's polynomial to match rust's still doesn't make the hashes the same.
     /// We use the get_uid in this case for an identifier in the distributor so as long as it is unique, it doesn't
     /// strictly need to match the value in rdsys' backend.
-    pub fn get_uid(self: &Self) -> Result<u64, hex::FromHexError> {
+    pub fn get_uid(&self) -> Result<u64, hex::FromHexError> {
         let hex_fingerprint = match hex::decode(self.fingerprint.clone()) {
             Ok(hex_fingerprint) => hex_fingerprint,
             Err(e) => return Err(e),