diff --git a/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/util/Var.scala b/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/util/Var.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index de2325197182..000000000000
--- a/library/src-bootstrapped/scala/quoted/util/Var.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package scala.quoted
-package util
-
-/** An abstraction for variable definition to use in a quoted program.
- *  It decouples the operations of get and update, if needed to be spliced separately.
- */
-sealed trait Var[T] {
-
-  // Retrieves the value of the variable
-  def get(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[T]
-
-  // Update the variable with the expression of a value (`e` corresponds to the RHS of variable assignment `x = e`)
-  def update(e: Expr[T])(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[Unit]
-}
-
-object Var {
-  /** Create a variable initialized with `init` and used in `body`.
-   *  `body` receives a `Var[T]` argument which exposes `get` and `update`.
-   *
-   *  ```
-   *  Var('{7}) {
-   *    x => '{
-   *      while(0 < ${x.get})
-   *        ${x.update('{${x.get} - 1})}
-   *      ${x.get}
-   *    }
-   *  }
-   *
-   *  will create the equivalent of:
-   *
-   *  '{
-   *    var x = 7
-   *    while (0 < x)
-   *      x = x - 1
-   *    x
-   *  }
-   *  ```
-   */
-  def apply[T: Type, U: Type](init: Expr[T])(body: Var[T] => Expr[U])(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[U] = '{
-    var x = $init
-    ${
-      body(
-        new Var[T] {
-          def get(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[T] = 'x
-          def update(e: Expr[T])(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[Unit] = '{ x = $e }
-        }
-      )
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-staging/staged-streams_1.scala b/tests/run-staging/staged-streams_1.scala
index d01f703dbea6..d86ff0bdc6d6 100644
--- a/tests/run-staging/staged-streams_1.scala
+++ b/tests/run-staging/staged-streams_1.scala
@@ -680,3 +680,22 @@ object Test {
     println(run(test10()))
   }
 }
+
+sealed trait Var[T] {
+  def get(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[T]
+  def update(e: Expr[T])(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[Unit]
+}
+
+object Var {
+  def apply[T: Type, U: Type](init: Expr[T])(body: Var[T] => Expr[U])(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[U] = '{
+    var x = $init
+    ${
+      body(
+        new Var[T] {
+          def get(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[T] = 'x
+          def update(e: Expr[T])(using qctx: QuoteContext): Expr[Unit] = '{ x = $e }
+        }
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}