diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/dispatcher.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/dispatcher.ts
index 7a19314ace4..435a42f6afd 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/dispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/dispatcher.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class RpcDispatcher {
   }
 
   async dispatch(request: RpcRequest, options?: DispatchCallOptions): Promise<RpcResponse> {
-    const meta = this.meta()
+    const meta: RpcEnvelopeMeta = { runtimeId: this.runtime.getRuntimeId() }
     const method = this.registry.get(request.method)
     if (!method) {
       return errorResponse(
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export class RpcDispatcher {
     reply: (response: string) => void,
     options?: RpcDispatchStreamingOptions
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const meta = this.meta()
+    const meta: RpcEnvelopeMeta = { runtimeId: this.runtime.getRuntimeId() }
     const method = this.registry.get(request.method)
     if (!method) {
       reply(
@@ -312,8 +312,4 @@ export class RpcDispatcher {
       reply(JSON.stringify(mapDispatcherError(request, meta, error)))
     }
   }
-
-  private meta(): RpcEnvelopeMeta {
-    return { runtimeId: this.runtime.getRuntimeId() }
-  }
 }