diff --git a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/VertxWebProcessor.java b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/VertxWebProcessor.java
index 7a4162993ff96..978f4611195b7 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/VertxWebProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/VertxWebProcessor.java
@@ -38,13 +38,8 @@
 import io.quarkus.arc.InjectableBean;
 import io.quarkus.arc.InjectableContext;
 import io.quarkus.arc.InjectableReferenceProvider;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.AnnotationsTransformerBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.BeanArchiveIndexBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.BeanContainerBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.CustomScopeAnnotationsBuildItem;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.UnremovableBeanBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.*;
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.UnremovableBeanBuildItem.BeanClassAnnotationExclusion;
-import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.ValidationPhaseBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.arc.deployment.ValidationPhaseBuildItem.ValidationErrorBuildItem;
 import io.quarkus.arc.impl.CreationalContextImpl;
 import io.quarkus.arc.processor.AnnotationStore;
@@ -326,11 +321,7 @@ void addAdditionalRoutes(
         }
 
         detectConflictingRoutes(matchers);
-    }
 
-    @BuildStep
-    @Record(ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT)
-    void initRouteHandlers(VertxWebRecorder recorder, BeanContainerBuildItem container) {
         recorder.initHandlers();
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java b/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java
index 8efc269d3c7f8..ac0bd96078f36 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-web/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/runtime/VertxWebRecorder.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx.web.runtime;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.Recorder;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 @Recorder
 public class VertxWebRecorder {
 
-    static volatile List<RouteHandler> handlers = new ArrayList<>();
+    private final List<RouteHandler> handlers = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public Handler<RoutingContext> createHandler(String handlerClassName) {