diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index 23b86f0d34..ef5aa8a18e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -373,14 +373,13 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			block.chunks.destroy.push(b`if (detaching) @detach(${node});`);
 		}
 
-		let staticChildren = null;
-
 		// insert static children with textContent or innerHTML
 		const can_use_textcontent = this.can_use_textcontent();
 		if (!this.node.namespace && (this.can_use_innerhtml || can_use_textcontent) && this.fragment.nodes.length > 0) {
 			if (this.fragment.nodes.length === 1 && this.fragment.nodes[0].node.type === 'Text') {
-				staticChildren = b`${node}.textContent = ${string_literal((this.fragment.nodes[0] as TextWrapper).data)};`;
-				block.chunks.create.push(staticChildren);
+				block.chunks.create.push(
+					b`${node}.textContent = ${string_literal((this.fragment.nodes[0] as TextWrapper).data)};`
+				);
 			} else {
 				const state = {
 					quasi: {
@@ -399,8 +398,9 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 				to_html((this.fragment.nodes as unknown as Array<ElementWrapper | TextWrapper>), block, literal, state, can_use_raw_text);
 				literal.quasis.push(state.quasi);
 
-				staticChildren = b`${node}.${this.can_use_innerhtml ? 'innerHTML' : 'textContent'} = ${literal};`;
-				block.chunks.create.push(staticChildren);
+				block.chunks.create.push(
+					b`${node}.${this.can_use_innerhtml ? 'innerHTML' : 'textContent'} = ${literal};`
+				);
 			}
 		} else {
 			this.fragment.nodes.forEach((child: Wrapper) => {