diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/ServerComponentSerializer.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/ServerComponentSerializer.cs
index a854be20fe..53cf68a305 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/ServerComponentSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.ViewFeatures/src/ServerComponentSerializer.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
                 values,
                 invocationId.Value);
 
-            var serializedServerComponent = JsonSerializer.Serialize(serverComponent, ServerComponentSerializationSettings.JsonSerializationOptions);
             var serializedServerComponentBytes = JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(serverComponent, ServerComponentSerializationSettings.JsonSerializationOptions);
             var protectedBytes = _dataProtector.Protect(serializedServerComponentBytes, ServerComponentSerializationSettings.DataExpiration);
             return (serverComponent.Sequence, Convert.ToBase64String(protectedBytes));