diff --git a/plugins/xpay/xpay.c b/plugins/xpay/xpay.c
index c37be71ee721..2090f3bb52b9 100644
--- a/plugins/xpay/xpay.c
+++ b/plugins/xpay/xpay.c
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ static void payment_succeeded(struct payment *payment,
 			      const struct attempt *attempt)
 {
 	struct json_stream *js;
-	struct node_id dst;
 
 	/* Only succeed once */
 	if (payment->cmd) {
@@ -385,8 +384,7 @@ static void payment_succeeded(struct payment *payment,
 		/* Pay's schema expects these fields */
 		if (payment->pay_compat) {
 			json_add_u64(js, "parts", payment->total_num_attempts);
-			node_id_from_pubkey(&dst, &payment->destination);
-			json_add_node_id(js, "destination", &dst);
+			json_add_pubkey(js, "destination", &payment->destination);
 			json_add_sha256(js, "payment_hash", &payment->payment_hash);
 			json_add_string(js, "status", "complete");
 			json_add_u64(js, "created_at", (u64)payment->start_time.ts.tv_sec);