diff --git a/algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/kmeans/KmeansTest.java b/algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/kmeans/KmeansTest.java
index 50d212de43..7b6ada8ef2 100644
--- a/algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/kmeans/KmeansTest.java
+++ b/algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/gds/kmeans/KmeansTest.java
@@ -516,9 +516,8 @@ void shouldThrowForMissingProperty(String property) {
             .k(2)
             .build();
         var kmeansContext = ImmutableKmeansContext.builder().build();
-        var kmeans =
 
-            assertThatThrownBy(
+        assertThatThrownBy(
                 () -> Kmeans.createKmeans(
                     graph,
                     kmeansConfig,