diff --git a/src/borg/fuse.py b/src/borg/fuse.py
index 78596bcd8..de0dda520 100644
--- a/src/borg/fuse.py
+++ b/src/borg/fuse.py
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ def file_version(item, path):
                 file_id = blake2b_128(path)
                 current_version, previous_id = self.versions_index.get(file_id, (0, None))
 
-                chunk_ids = [chunk_id for chunk_id, _, _ in item.chunks]
-                contents_id = blake2b_128(b''.join(chunk_ids))
+                contents_id = blake2b_128(b''.join(chunk_id for chunk_id, _, _ in item.chunks))
 
                 if contents_id != previous_id:
                     current_version += 1