diff --git a/src/lang/modifyAst.ts b/src/lang/modifyAst.ts
index 8bef7c279..b185a485c 100644
--- a/src/lang/modifyAst.ts
+++ b/src/lang/modifyAst.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ export function extrudeSketch(
   pathToExtrudeArg: PathToNode
 } {
   const _node = { ...node }
-  const dumbyStartend = { start: 0, end: 0 }
   const { node: sketchExpression } = getNodeFromPath(
     _node,
     pathToNode,
@@ -256,18 +255,14 @@ export function extrudeSketch(
   )
   const isInPipeExpression = pipeExpression.type === 'PipeExpression'
 
-  const { node: variableDeclorator, shallowPath: pathToDecleration } =
+  const { node: variableDeclarator, shallowPath: pathToDecleration } =
     getNodeFromPath<VariableDeclarator>(_node, pathToNode, 'VariableDeclarator')
 
   const extrudeCall = createCallExpressionStdLib('extrude', [
     distance,
     shouldPipe
       ? createPipeSubstitution()
-      : {
-          type: 'Identifier',
-          ...dumbyStartend,
-          name: variableDeclorator.id.name,
-        },
+      : createIdentifier(variableDeclarator.id.name),
   ])
 
   if (shouldPipe) {
@@ -277,7 +272,7 @@ export function extrudeSketch(
         : [sketchExpression as any, extrudeCall]
     )
 
-    variableDeclorator.init = pipeChain
+    variableDeclarator.init = pipeChain
     const pathToExtrudeArg: PathToNode = [
       ...pathToDecleration,
       ['init', 'VariableDeclarator'],