diff --git a/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/lib.rs b/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/lib.rs
index d41970692a6c..647a7ca7e435 100644
--- a/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/lib.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ where
 	let http_middleware = tower::ServiceBuilder::new()
 		.option_layer(host_filter)
 		// Proxy `GET /health, /health/readiness` requests to the internal `system_health` method.
-		.layer(NodeHealthProxyLayer::new())
+		.layer(NodeHealthProxyLayer::default())
 		.layer(try_into_cors(cors)?);
 
 	let mut builder = jsonrpsee::server::Server::builder()
diff --git a/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/middleware/node_health.rs b/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/middleware/node_health.rs
index 2843c0e8f138..d68ec14cb8fe 100644
--- a/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/middleware/node_health.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/rpc-servers/src/middleware/node_health.rs
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ const HEADER_VALUE_JSON: HeaderValue = HeaderValue::from_static("application/jso
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
 pub struct NodeHealthProxyLayer;
 
-impl NodeHealthProxyLayer {
-	/// Creates a new [`NodeHealthProxyLayer`].
-	pub fn new() -> Self {
-		Self
-	}
-}
-
 impl<S> tower::Layer<S> for NodeHealthProxyLayer {
 	type Service = NodeHealthProxy<S>;