diff --git a/bigquery/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/SimpleApp.java b/bigquery/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/SimpleApp.java
index 37a278984ad..4177ca6e840 100644
--- a/bigquery/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/SimpleApp.java
+++ b/bigquery/cloud-client/src/main/java/com/example/bigquery/SimpleApp.java
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
 
     // [START bigquery_simple_app_print]
     // Get the results.
-    QueryResponse response = bigquery.getQueryResults(jobId);
-
     TableResult result = queryJob.getQueryResults();
 
     // Print all pages of the results.