diff --git a/.changeset/tasty-rules-sleep.md b/.changeset/tasty-rules-sleep.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0bc19c626466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tasty-rules-sleep.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/react': patch
+---
+
+remove unnecessary `ReactDOM.renderToString` operation
diff --git a/packages/integrations/react/server.js b/packages/integrations/react/server.js
index 6dd289c994cf..1ebd044cffff 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/react/server.js
+++ b/packages/integrations/react/server.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ async function renderToStaticMarkup(Component, props, { default: children, ...sl
 	const vnode = React.createElement(Component, newProps);
 	let html;
 	if (metadata && metadata.hydrate) {
-		html = ReactDOM.renderToString(vnode);
 		if ('renderToReadableStream' in ReactDOM) {
 			html = await renderToReadableStreamAsync(vnode);
 		} else {