diff --git a/src/libraries/Common/src/System/Net/Http/aspnetcore/Quic/Implementations/MsQuic/Internal/MsQuicApi.cs b/src/libraries/Common/src/System/Net/Http/aspnetcore/Quic/Implementations/MsQuic/Internal/MsQuicApi.cs
index 0b9893333d7156..dd42af8ff61423 100644
--- a/src/libraries/Common/src/System/Net/Http/aspnetcore/Quic/Implementations/MsQuic/Internal/MsQuicApi.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/Common/src/System/Net/Http/aspnetcore/Quic/Implementations/MsQuic/Internal/MsQuicApi.cs
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ static MsQuicApi()
             // - Otherwise, dial this in to reflect actual minimum requirements and add some sort of platform
             //   error code mapping when creating exceptions.
 
-            OperatingSystem ver = Environment.OSVersion;
-
             // TODO: try to initialize TLS 1.3 in SslStream.
 
             try