diff --git a/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/middleware.ts b/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/middleware.ts
index a309d01d9..b6485cab0 100644
--- a/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/middleware.ts
@@ -159,13 +159,11 @@ export async function handleMiddleware(
   // If the middleware returned a Rewrite, set the `url` to the pathname of the rewrite
   // NOTE: the header was added to `req` from above
   const rewriteUrl = responseHeaders.get("x-middleware-rewrite");
-  let rewritten = false;
   let isExternalRewrite = false;
   let middlewareQueryString = internalEvent.query;
   let newUrl = internalEvent.url;
   if (rewriteUrl) {
     newUrl = rewriteUrl;
-    rewritten = true;
     // If not a string, it should probably throw
     if (isExternal(newUrl, internalEvent.headers.host as string)) {
       isExternalRewrite = true;