diff --git a/mllib-dal/src/main/scala/com/intel/oap/mllib/OneDAL.scala b/mllib-dal/src/main/scala/com/intel/oap/mllib/OneDAL.scala
index cde788ef8..22d20ae94 100644
--- a/mllib-dal/src/main/scala/com/intel/oap/mllib/OneDAL.scala
+++ b/mllib-dal/src/main/scala/com/intel/oap/mllib/OneDAL.scala
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ object OneDAL {
 
     // convert RDD to HomogenTable
     val coalescedTables = coalescedRdd.mapPartitionsWithIndex { (index: Int, it: Iterator[Vector]) =>
-      var start = System.nanoTime()
       val list = it.toList
       val subRowCount: Int = list.size / numberCores
       val futureList: ListBuffer[Future[Array[Double]]] = new ListBuffer[Future[Array[Double]]]()