diff --git a/src/NetAnalyzers/Core/Microsoft.NetCore.Analyzers/Performance/UseStartsWithInsteadOfIndexOfComparisonWithZero.Fixer.cs b/src/NetAnalyzers/Core/Microsoft.NetCore.Analyzers/Performance/UseStartsWithInsteadOfIndexOfComparisonWithZero.Fixer.cs
index e9b9047c57..836cffdb03 100644
--- a/src/NetAnalyzers/Core/Microsoft.NetCore.Analyzers/Performance/UseStartsWithInsteadOfIndexOfComparisonWithZero.Fixer.cs
+++ b/src/NetAnalyzers/Core/Microsoft.NetCore.Analyzers/Performance/UseStartsWithInsteadOfIndexOfComparisonWithZero.Fixer.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public sealed override async Task RegisterCodeFixesAsync(CodeFixContext context)
                         // https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.memoryextensions.startswith?view=net-7.0#system-memoryextensions-startswith(system-readonlyspan((system-char))-system-readonlyspan((system-char))-system-stringcomparison)
                         // VB: Use a.StartsWith(c.ToString(), stringComparison)
                         case UseStartsWithInsteadOfIndexOfComparisonWithZero.OverloadChar_StringComparison:
-                            return Task.FromResult(document.WithSyntaxRoot(root.ReplaceNode(node, AppendElasticMarker(HandleCharStringComparisonOverload(generator, instance, arguments, shouldNegate)))));
+                            return Task.FromResult(document.WithSyntaxRoot(root.ReplaceNode(node, HandleCharStringComparisonOverload(generator, instance, arguments, shouldNegate))));
 
                         // If 'StartsWith(char)' is available, use it. Otherwise check '.Length > 0 && [0] == ch'
                         // For negation, we use '.Length == 0 || [0] != ch'