diff --git a/nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/network_interface.rs b/nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/network_interface.rs
index f919b2f46f..3076afa39f 100644
--- a/nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/network_interface.rs
+++ b/nexus/db-queries/src/db/datastore/network_interface.rs
@@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ impl DataStore {
             self.transaction_retry_wrapper("instance_update_network_interface")
                 .transaction(&conn, |conn| {
                     let err = err.clone();
-                    let stopped = stopped.clone();
                     let update_target_query = update_target_query.clone();
                     async move {
                         let instance_runtime =
@@ -757,7 +756,6 @@ impl DataStore {
             self.transaction_retry_wrapper("instance_update_network_interface")
                 .transaction(&conn, |conn| {
                     let err = err.clone();
-                    let stopped = stopped.clone();
                     let update_target_query = update_target_query.clone();
                     async move {
                         let instance_state =