diff --git a/lib/h2h3.c b/lib/h2h3.c
index 9453cf55b7557a..5d26bf0f21487f 100644
--- a/lib/h2h3.c
+++ b/lib/h2h3.c
@@ -258,9 +258,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_pseudo_headers(struct Curl_easy *data,
       nva[i].valuelen = (end - hdbuf);
     }
 
-    nva[i].value = hdbuf;
-    nva[i].valuelen = (end - hdbuf);
-
     ++i;
   }