diff --git a/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs b/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs
index 8f28608e54..8160f11b6d 100644
--- a/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs
+++ b/query_tests/src/scenarios/util.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ pub async fn make_chunk_with_deletes_at_different_stages(
     //
     // There may be more than one tables in the lp data
     let tables = write_lp(&db, &lp_lines.join("\n")).await;
-    //let table_count = tables.len();
     for table in &tables {
         let num_mubs = count_mub_table_chunks(&db, table.as_str(), partition_key);
         // must be one MUB per table