diff --git a/lix/legacy/nix-build.cc b/lix/legacy/nix-build.cc
index 9103b3c43..fd09d8945 100644
--- a/lix/legacy/nix-build.cc
+++ b/lix/legacy/nix-build.cc
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static void main_nix_build(AsyncIoRoot & aio, std::string programName, Strings a
                 takesNixShellAttr(vRoot) ? *autoArgsWithInNixShell : *autoArgs,
                 vRoot
             ).first);
-            state->forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+            state->forceValue(v, noPos);
             getDerivations(
                 *state,
                 v,
diff --git a/lix/legacy/nix-instantiate.cc b/lix/legacy/nix-instantiate.cc
index 26da93c69..74db1c76b 100644
--- a/lix/legacy/nix-instantiate.cc
+++ b/lix/legacy/nix-instantiate.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void processExpr(EvalState & state, const Strings & attrPaths,
 
     for (auto & i : attrPaths) {
         Value & v(*findAlongAttrPath(state, i, autoArgs, vRoot).first);
-        state.forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+        state.forceValue(v, noPos);
 
         NixStringContext context;
         if (evalOnly) {
diff --git a/lix/legacy/user-env.cc b/lix/legacy/user-env.cc
index bc931c20a..5f147ddbe 100644
--- a/lix/legacy/user-env.cc
+++ b/lix/legacy/user-env.cc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ bool createUserEnv(EvalState & state, DrvInfos & elems,
 
     /* Evaluate it. */
     debug("evaluating user environment builder");
-    state.forceValue(topLevel, topLevel.determinePos(noPos));
+    state.forceValue(topLevel, noPos);
     NixStringContext context;
     Attr & aDrvPath(*topLevel.attrs->find(state.ctx.s.drvPath));
     auto topLevelDrv = state.coerceToStorePath(aDrvPath.pos, *aDrvPath.value, context, "");
diff --git a/lix/libcmd/repl.cc b/lix/libcmd/repl.cc
index 880fb419e..91b60eba7 100644
--- a/lix/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/lix/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ ProcessLineResult NixRepl::processLine(std::string line)
                 Value v;
                 e->eval(state, *env, v);
                 (void) e.release(); // NOLINT(bugprone-unused-return-value): leak because of thunk references
-                state.forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+                state.forceValue(v, noPos);
                 printValue(std::cout, v, 1);
                 std::cout << std::endl;
             }
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ Value * NixRepl::replInitInfo()
 
 void NixRepl::addAttrsToScope(Value & attrs)
 {
-    state.forceAttrs(attrs, attrs.determinePos(noPos), "while evaluating an attribute set to be merged in the global scope");
+    state.forceAttrs(attrs, noPos, "while evaluating an attribute set to be merged in the global scope");
     if (displ + attrs.attrs->size() >= envSize)
         throw Error("environment full; cannot add more variables");
 
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ void NixRepl::evalString(std::string s, Value & v)
 {
     Expr & e = parseString(s);
     e.eval(state, *env, v);
-    state.forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+    state.forceValue(v, noPos);
 }
 
 Value * NixRepl::evalFile(SourcePath & path)
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ Value * NixRepl::evalFile(SourcePath & path)
     auto & expr = evaluator.parseExprFromFile(evaluator.paths.checkSourcePath(path), staticEnv);
     Value * result(evaluator.mem.allocValue());
     expr.eval(state, *env, *result);
-    state.forceValue(*result, result->determinePos(noPos));
+    state.forceValue(*result, noPos);
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/eval.cc b/lix/libexpr/eval.cc
index 250573ede..0769eef20 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/lix/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ void ExprSet::eval(EvalState & state, Env & env, Value & v)
            Hence we need __overrides.) */
         if (hasOverrides) {
             Value * vOverrides = (*v.attrs)[overrides->second.displ].value;
-            state.forceAttrs(*vOverrides, vOverrides->determinePos(noPos), "while evaluating the `__overrides` attribute");
+            state.forceAttrs(*vOverrides, noPos, "while evaluating the `__overrides` attribute");
             Bindings * newBnds = state.ctx.mem.allocBindings(v.attrs->capacity() + vOverrides->attrs->size());
             for (auto & i : *v.attrs)
                 newBnds->push_back(i);
@@ -2137,7 +2137,7 @@ void EvalState::forceValueDeep(Value & v)
     recurse = [&](Value & v) {
         if (!seen.insert(&v).second) return;
 
-        forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+        forceValue(v, noPos);
 
         if (v.type() == nAttrs) {
             for (auto & i : *v.attrs)
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/get-drvs.cc b/lix/libexpr/get-drvs.cc
index f44a4e292..cedfd05aa 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/get-drvs.cc
+++ b/lix/libexpr/get-drvs.cc
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ StringSet DrvInfo::queryMetaNames(EvalState & state)
 
 bool DrvInfo::checkMeta(EvalState & state, Value & v)
 {
-    state.forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+    state.forceValue(v, noPos);
     if (v.type() == nList) {
         for (auto elem : v.listItems())
             if (!checkMeta(state, *elem)) return false;
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static bool getDerivation(EvalState & state, Value & v,
     bool ignoreAssertionFailures)
 {
     try {
-        state.forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+        state.forceValue(v, noPos);
         if (!state.isDerivation(v)) return true;
 
         DrvInfo drv(attrPath, v.attrs);
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/primops.cc b/lix/libexpr/primops.cc
index 3e8292599..4be24e789 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/lix/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_addErrorContext(PrimOp {
 
 static void prim_ceil(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    auto value = state.forceFloat(*args[0], args[0]->determinePos(pos),
+    auto value = state.forceFloat(*args[0], pos,
             "while evaluating the first argument passed to builtins.ceil");
     v.mkInt(ceil(value));
 }
 
 static void prim_floor(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    auto value = state.forceFloat(*args[0], args[0]->determinePos(pos), "while evaluating the first argument passed to builtins.floor");
+    auto value = state.forceFloat(*args[0], pos, "while evaluating the first argument passed to builtins.floor");
     v.mkInt(floor(value));
 }
 
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ static void prim_concatMap(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args,
     for (unsigned int n = 0; n < nrLists; ++n) {
         Value * vElem = args[1]->listElems()[n];
         state.callFunction(*args[0], *vElem, lists[n], pos);
-        state.forceList(lists[n], lists[n].determinePos(args[0]->determinePos(pos)), "while evaluating the return value of the function passed to builtins.concatMap");
+        state.forceList(lists[n], pos, "while evaluating the return value of the function passed to builtins.concatMap");
         len += lists[n].listSize();
     }
 
diff --git a/lix/libexpr/print.cc b/lix/libexpr/print.cc
index 228c5a6dc..01a9dcb67 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/print.cc
+++ b/lix/libexpr/print.cc
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ private:
 
         if (options.force) {
             // The item is going to be forced during printing anyway, but we need its type now.
-            state.forceValue(*item, item->determinePos(noPos));
+            state.forceValue(*item, noPos);
         }
 
         // Pretty-print single-item attrsets only if they contain nested
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ private:
 
         if (options.force) {
             // The item is going to be forced during printing anyway, but we need its type now.
-            state.forceValue(*item, item->determinePos(noPos));
+            state.forceValue(*item, noPos);
         }
 
         // Pretty-print single-item lists only if they contain nested
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ private:
 
         try {
             if (options.force) {
-                state.forceValue(v, v.determinePos(noPos));
+                state.forceValue(v, noPos);
             }
 
             switch (v.type()) {