diff --git a/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/MainVerticle.kt b/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/MainVerticle.kt
index 2bd701fa083..4dce51388ae 100644
--- a/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/MainVerticle.kt
+++ b/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/MainVerticle.kt
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class MainVerticle(val hasDb: Boolean) : CoroutineVerticle(), CoroutineRouterSup
 
     fun Router.routes() {
         get("/json").jsonResponseCoHandler(Serializers.message) {
-            jsonSerializationMessage
+            Message("Hello, World!")
         }
 
         get("/db").jsonResponseCoHandler(Serializers.world) {
diff --git a/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/Models.kt b/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/Models.kt
index fc64e2926ec..ae32b278863 100644
--- a/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/Models.kt
+++ b/frameworks/Kotlin/vertx-web-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/Models.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import kotlin.random.Random
 @Serializable
 class Message(val message: String)
 
-val jsonSerializationMessage = Message("Hello, World!")
-
 @Serializable
 data class World(val id: Int, val randomNumber: Int)