diff --git a/lib/literal/data_property.rb b/lib/literal/data_property.rb
index 069ea96..df6bbb9 100644
--- a/lib/literal/data_property.rb
+++ b/lib/literal/data_property.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ def generate_initializer_assign_value(buffer = +"")
 			escaped_name <<
 			" : " <<
 			escaped_name <<
-			".dup.freeze\n"
+			".freeze\n"
 	end
 end
diff --git a/test/data.test.rb b/test/data.test.rb
index 1c4df7b..974883d 100644
--- a/test/data.test.rb
+++ b/test/data.test.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class Empty < Literal::Data
 	person = Person.new(name:)
 
 	expect(person.name).to_be(:frozen?)
-	expect(person.name).not_to_equal?(name)
 end
 
 test "immutable attributes are not duplicated" do