diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php
index cb0756b96b..9c8d257096 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php
@@ -520,7 +520,6 @@ class WP_REST_Server {
 		}
 
 		$embedded = array();
-		$api_root = rest_url();
 
 		foreach ( $data['_links'] as $rel => $links ) {
 			// Ignore links to self, for obvious reasons.