diff --git a/reflex/components/component.py b/reflex/components/component.py
index 26ddc058f..5bd527c75 100644
--- a/reflex/components/component.py
+++ b/reflex/components/component.py
@@ -1557,8 +1557,6 @@ class Component(BaseComponent, ABC):
                 if isinstance(hook, Var):
                     extract_var_hooks(hook)
                 else:
-                    if isinstance(hook, str):
-                        hook = HookVar.create(hook)
                     code[hook] = VarData()
 
         return code