diff --git a/include/pybind11/pytypes.h b/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
index cb77cc8184..2e871ed4b3 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pytypes.h
@@ -2568,8 +2568,7 @@ str_attr_accessor object_api<D>::doc() const {
 template <typename D>
 // Always a dict
 object object_api<D>::annotations() const {
-    dict annotations_dict = getattr(derived(), "__annotations__", dict());
-    return std::move(annotations_dict);
+    return getattr(derived(), "__annotations__", dict());
 }
 
 template <typename D>
diff --git a/tests/test_pytypes.py b/tests/test_pytypes.py
index 9db6a36fe3..40cba7c8e7 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytypes.py
+++ b/tests/test_pytypes.py
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@ def test_dict_ranges(tested_dict, expected):
 
 
 def get_annotations_helper(o):
+    print(help(o))
     return getattr(o, "__annotations__", None)