diff --git a/.changes/nextrelease/remove-sqs-middleware.json b/.changes/nextrelease/remove-sqs-middleware.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21ac80de96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/nextrelease/remove-sqs-middleware.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "category": "Sqs",
+    "description": "Moves queue url middleware, which is no longer needed after the SQS migration from query to json protocol."
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Sqs/SqsClient.php b/src/Sqs/SqsClient.php
index fcc7ce31ee..4492cc7427 100644
--- a/src/Sqs/SqsClient.php
+++ b/src/Sqs/SqsClient.php
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public function __construct(array $config)
     {
         parent::__construct($config);
         $list = $this->getHandlerList();
-        $list->appendBuild($this->queueUrl(), 'sqs.queue_url');
         $list->appendSign($this->validateMd5(), 'sqs.md5');
     }
 
@@ -93,29 +92,6 @@ public function getQueueArn($queueUrl)
         return $queueArn;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Moves the URI of the queue to the URI in the input parameter.
-     *
-     * @return callable
-     */
-    private function queueUrl()
-    {
-        return static function (callable $handler) {
-            return function (
-                CommandInterface $c,
-                RequestInterface $r = null
-            ) use ($handler) {
-                if ($c->hasParam('QueueUrl')) {
-                    $r = $r->withUri(UriResolver::resolve(
-                        $r->getUri(),
-                        new Uri($c['QueueUrl'])
-                    ));
-                }
-                return $handler($c, $r);
-            };
-        };
-    }
-
     /**
      * Calculates the expected md5 hash of message attributes according to the encoding
      * scheme detailed in SQS documentation.
diff --git a/tests/Sqs/SqsClientTest.php b/tests/Sqs/SqsClientTest.php
index 0b9e7f0d0d..488667c0a7 100644
--- a/tests/Sqs/SqsClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Sqs/SqsClientTest.php
@@ -165,19 +165,4 @@ public function testSkipsCommandsThatAreNotReceiveMessage()
         $this->addMockResults($client, [new Result()]);
         $client->listQueues();
     }
-
-    public function testUpdatesQueueUrl()
-    {
-        // Setup state of command/request
-        $newUrl = 'https://queue.amazonaws.com/stuff/in/the/path';
-        $client = new SqsClient([
-            'region'  => 'us-east-1',
-            'version' => 'latest'
-        ]);
-        $this->addMockResults($client, [[]]);
-        $client->getHandlerList()->appendSign(Middleware::tap(function ($c, $r) use ($newUrl) {
-            $this->assertSame($newUrl, (string)$r->getUri());
-        }));
-        $client->receiveMessage(['QueueUrl' => $newUrl]);
-    }
 }