diff --git a/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/src/httpmatches.js b/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/src/httpmatches.js
index 1f36ae57ec..0fcf5ef210 100644
--- a/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/src/httpmatches.js
+++ b/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/src/httpmatches.js
@@ -46,14 +46,7 @@ function redirect(r) {
     return;
   }
 
-  // If performing a rewrite, $request_uri won't be used,
-  // so we have to preserve args in the internal redirect.
-  let args = qs.stringify(r.args);
-  if (args) {
-    args = '?' + args;
-  }
-
-  r.internalRedirect(match.redirectPath + args);
+  r.internalRedirect(match.redirectPath);
 }
 
 function extractMatchesFromRequest(r) {
diff --git a/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/test/httpmatches.test.js b/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/test/httpmatches.test.js
index ac020abba9..65685ea33a 100644
--- a/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/test/httpmatches.test.js
+++ b/internal/mode/static/nginx/modules/test/httpmatches.test.js
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ describe('redirect', () => {
     method: 'GET',
     headers: ['header1:value1', 'header2:value2'],
     params: ['Arg1=value1', 'arg2=value2=SOME=other=value'],
-    redirectPath: '/a-match',
+    redirectPath: '/a-match?Arg1=value1&arg2=value2%3DSOME%3Dother%3Dvalue',
   };
 
   const tests = [