diff --git a/src/lenient_parse/internal/build.gleam b/src/lenient_parse/internal/build.gleam
index 38f509b..b85c028 100644
--- a/src/lenient_parse/internal/build.gleam
+++ b/src/lenient_parse/internal/build.gleam
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ fn fallback_build(
   coefficient coefficient: Int,
   exponent exponent: Int,
 ) {
-  let scaled_float_value =
+  let float_value =
     coefficient
     |> int.to_float
     |> scale.float(-exponent)
 
-  use <- bool.guard(is_positive, scaled_float_value)
-  scaled_float_value *. -1.0
+  use <- bool.guard(is_positive, float_value)
+  float_value *. -1.0
 }