diff --git a/beets/ui/__init__.py b/beets/ui/__init__.py
index 21966b2c6..ba6d4b148 100644
--- a/beets/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/__init__.py
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ def _load_plugins(config):
     """Load the plugins specified in the configuration.
     """
     paths = config['pluginpath'].get(confit.StrSeq(split=False))
-    paths = list(map(util.normpath, paths))
+    paths = [util.normpath(p) for p in paths]
     log.debug(u'plugin paths: {0}', util.displayable_path(paths))
 
     import beetsplug