diff --git a/src/tint/source.cc b/src/tint/source.cc
index 5dbed6cf37..6a10de523d 100644
--- a/src/tint/source.cc
+++ b/src/tint/source.cc
@@ -113,13 +113,10 @@ std::vector<std::string_view> CopyRelativeStringViews(const std::vector<std::str
 
 }  // namespace
 
-Source::FileContent::FileContent(const std::string& body)
-    : data(body), data_view(data), lines(SplitLines(data_view)) {}
+Source::FileContent::FileContent(const std::string& body) : data(body), lines(SplitLines(data)) {}
 
 Source::FileContent::FileContent(const FileContent& rhs)
-    : data(rhs.data),
-      data_view(data),
-      lines(CopyRelativeStringViews(rhs.lines, rhs.data_view, data_view)) {}
+    : data(rhs.data), lines(CopyRelativeStringViews(rhs.lines, rhs.data, data)) {}
 
 Source::FileContent::~FileContent() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/tint/source.h b/src/tint/source.h
index 734e6936d1..d7ca7b9167 100644
--- a/src/tint/source.h
+++ b/src/tint/source.h
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ class Source {
 
         /// The original un-split file content
         const std::string data;
-        /// A string_view over #data
-        const std::string_view data_view;
         /// #data split by lines
         const std::vector<std::string_view> lines;
     };
diff --git a/src/tint/source_test.cc b/src/tint/source_test.cc
index b1241fb30e..df14a31af5 100644
--- a/src/tint/source_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/source_test.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ using SourceFileContentTest = testing::Test;
 TEST_F(SourceFileContentTest, Init) {
     Source::FileContent fc(kSource);
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.data, kSource);
-    EXPECT_EQ(fc.data_view, kSource);
     ASSERT_EQ(fc.lines.size(), 3u);
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.lines[0], "line one");
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.lines[1], "line two");
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ TEST_F(SourceFileContentTest, CopyInit) {
     Source::FileContent fc{*src};
     src.reset();
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.data, kSource);
-    EXPECT_EQ(fc.data_view, kSource);
     ASSERT_EQ(fc.lines.size(), 3u);
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.lines[0], "line one");
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.lines[1], "line two");
@@ -55,7 +53,6 @@ TEST_F(SourceFileContentTest, MoveInit) {
     Source::FileContent fc{std::move(*src)};
     src.reset();
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.data, kSource);
-    EXPECT_EQ(fc.data_view, kSource);
     ASSERT_EQ(fc.lines.size(), 3u);
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.lines[0], "line one");
     EXPECT_EQ(fc.lines[1], "line two");