diff --git a/splitter/splitter.go b/splitter/splitter.go
index 103d3f4d..89341419 100644
--- a/splitter/splitter.go
+++ b/splitter/splitter.go
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ func NewSplitter(conf SplitterConfig, nextCrawlers []string) (*Splitter, error)
 		log:          log,
 		httpC:        util.RobustHTTPClient(),
 		nextCrawlers: nextCrawlerURLs,
-		log:          log,
 	}
 
 	if conf.PebbleOptions == nil {