R. Akiva says: This (derivation) is not needed. It is already written (Ibid. 16) "No labor shall be done in them," and burning is a kind of labor. And what is the intent of "you shall eliminate leaven"? Before the eve of the festival.
Rabbi Akiva Cuts Through an Elaborate Derivation with a Single, Clean
Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 8:8