diff --git a/lib/routes.js b/lib/routes.js
index 517bddf..8ab8145 100644
--- a/lib/routes.js
+++ b/lib/routes.js
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ RubyVariables.WRAPPER(
             this.name = ParametersMissing.name;
         }
     }
-    const UriEncoderSegmentRegex = /[^a-zA-Z0-9\-._~!$&'()*+,;=:@]/g;
     const ReservedOptions = [
         "anchor",
         "trailing_slash",