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diff --git a/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.hs b/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.hs
index 3d5f4bcb5a..ca67e24ca3 100644
--- a/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.hs
+++ b/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.hs
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ mkTick t orig_expr = mkTick' id id orig_expr
-> CoreExpr
mkTick' top rest expr = case expr of
+ -- Never tick primitive string literals. These should ultimately float up to
+ -- the top-level where they must be unadorned. See Note
+ -- [CoreSyn top-level string literals] for details.
+ _ | exprIsLiteralString expr -> expr
+
-- Cost centre ticks should never be reordered relative to each
-- other. Therefore we can stop whenever two collide.
Tick t2 e