diff --git a/packages/next/server/next-server.ts b/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
index afd8068e41a1..50fbdea8624a 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import { loadEnvConfig } from '@next/env'
 import { getCustomRoute } from './server-route-utils'
 import { urlQueryToSearchParams } from '../shared/lib/router/utils/querystring'
 import ResponseCache from '../server/response-cache'
+import { removePathTrailingSlash } from '../client/normalize-trailing-slash'
 
 export * from './base-server'
 
@@ -1029,7 +1030,8 @@ export default class NextNodeServer extends BaseServer {
           },
         })
 
-        if (!this.middleware?.some((m) => m.match(parsedUrl.pathname))) {
+        const normalizedPathname = removePathTrailingSlash(parsedUrl.pathname)
+        if (!this.middleware?.some((m) => m.match(normalizedPathname))) {
           return { finished: false }
         }
 
diff --git a/packages/next/shared/lib/router/utils/parse-next-url.ts b/packages/next/shared/lib/router/utils/parse-next-url.ts
index a0f1090e2b5e..57985ecfaf0c 100644
--- a/packages/next/shared/lib/router/utils/parse-next-url.ts
+++ b/packages/next/shared/lib/router/utils/parse-next-url.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { NextConfig, DomainLocale } from '../../../../server/config-shared'
 import type { ParsedUrl } from './parse-url'
 import type { PathLocale } from '../../i18n/normalize-locale-path'
 import { hasBasePath, replaceBasePath } from '../../../../server/router'
-import { removePathTrailingSlash } from '../../../../client/normalize-trailing-slash'
 
 interface Params {
   headers?: { [key: string]: string | string[] | undefined }
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ export function parseNextUrl({ headers, nextConfig, url = '/' }: Params) {
     }
   }
 
-  urlParsed.pathname = removePathTrailingSlash(urlParsed.pathname)
   return urlParsed
 }
 
diff --git a/test/production/react-18-streaming-ssr/index.test.ts b/test/production/react-18-streaming-ssr/index.test.ts
index f2deb900787a..7d1114b36a0b 100644
--- a/test/production/react-18-streaming-ssr/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/production/react-18-streaming-ssr/index.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { createNext } from 'e2e-utils'
 import { NextInstance } from 'test/lib/next-modes/base'
 import { fetchViaHTTP, renderViaHTTP } from 'next-test-utils'
-import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
 
 describe('react 18 streaming SSR in minimal mode', () => {
   let next: NextInstance