diff --git a/src/ivfkmeans.c b/src/ivfkmeans.c
index 8792b51..9987983 100644
--- a/src/ivfkmeans.c
+++ b/src/ivfkmeans.c
@@ -259,8 +259,6 @@ ElkanKmeans(Relation index, VectorArray samples, VectorArray centers)
 		minDistance = DBL_MAX;
 		closestCenter = -1;
 
-		vec = VectorArrayGet(samples, j);
-
 		/* Find closest center */
 		for (k = 0; k < numCenters; k++)
 		{