diff --git a/src/ase.c b/src/ase.c
index 0ff70920..fbac5e9e 100644
--- a/src/ase.c
+++ b/src/ase.c
@@ -814,7 +814,6 @@ struct ase_decode_sheet_result ase_decode_sheet(struct arena *arena, struct buff
 {
     __prof;
 
-    struct temp_arena scratch = scratch_begin(arena);
     struct ase_decode_sheet_result res = { 0 };
 
     struct byte_reader br = br_create_from_buffer(encoded);
@@ -896,7 +895,7 @@ struct ase_decode_sheet_result ase_decode_sheet(struct arena *arena, struct buff
                         u8 *str_bytes = br_read_raw(&br, str_len);
                         tag->name = (struct string) {
                             str_len,
-                            arena_push_array(scratch.arena, u8, str_len)
+                            arena_push_array(arena, u8, str_len)
                         };
                         MEMCPY(tag->name.text, str_bytes, str_len);
                         ++num_tags;
@@ -919,8 +918,6 @@ struct ase_decode_sheet_result ase_decode_sheet(struct arena *arena, struct buff
     /* ASSERT all data was read */
     ASSERT(br_bytes_left(&br) == 0);
 
-    scratch_end(scratch);
-
     res.image_size = V2(image_width, image_height);
     res.frame_size = V2(frame_width, frame_height);
     res.num_frames = num_frames;