diff --git a/guides/source/api_app.md b/guides/source/api_app.md
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--- a/guides/source/api_app.md
+++ b/guides/source/api_app.md
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ An API application comes with the following middleware by default:
 - `Rack::Head`
 - `Rack::ConditionalGet`
 - `Rack::ETag`
-- `MyApi::Application::Routes`
 
 See the [internal middleware](rails_on_rack.html#internal-middleware-stack)
 section of the Rack guide for further information on them.