diff --git a/crates/uv-distribution/src/error.rs b/crates/uv-distribution/src/error.rs
index 9f6de3744..156d35eab 100644
--- a/crates/uv-distribution/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-distribution/src/error.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     Zip(#[from] ZipError),
     #[error("Source distribution directory contains neither readable pyproject.toml nor setup.py")]
     DirWithoutEntrypoint,
-    #[error("Failed to extract source distribution: {0}")]
+    #[error("Failed to extract source distribution")]
     Extract(#[from] uv_extract::Error),
 
     /// Should not occur; only seen when another task panicked.
diff --git a/crates/uv-extract/src/error.rs b/crates/uv-extract/src/error.rs
index c1d2ce641..520d35133 100644
--- a/crates/uv-extract/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-extract/src/error.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::{ffi::OsString, path::PathBuf};
 
 use zip::result::ZipError;
 
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error(
         "The top level of the archive must only contain a list directory, but it contains: {0:?}"
     )]
-    InvalidArchive(Vec<fs_err::DirEntry>),
+    InvalidArchive(Vec<OsString>),
 }
diff --git a/crates/uv-extract/src/sync.rs b/crates/uv-extract/src/sync.rs
index 6c8a15a99..d0ab1746e 100644
--- a/crates/uv-extract/src/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-extract/src/sync.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ pub fn strip_component(source: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<PathBuf, Error> {
     let top_level =
         fs_err::read_dir(source.as_ref())?.collect::<std::io::Result<Vec<fs_err::DirEntry>>>()?;
     let [root] = top_level.as_slice() else {
-        return Err(Error::InvalidArchive(top_level));
+        return Err(Error::InvalidArchive(
+            top_level.into_iter().map(|e| e.file_name()).collect(),
+        ));
     };
     Ok(root.path())
 }