diff --git a/metricflow/dag/dag_to_text.py b/metricflow/dag/dag_to_text.py
index bcf76d8c3b..252e4bd723 100644
--- a/metricflow/dag/dag_to_text.py
+++ b/metricflow/dag/dag_to_text.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ def __init__(
 
         # In case this gets used in a multi-threaded context, use a thread-local variable since it has mutable state.
         self._thread_local_data = threading.local()
-        self._thread_local_data.max_width_tracker = MaxWidthTracker(max_width)
 
     @property
     def _max_width_tracker(self) -> MaxWidthTracker:  # noqa: D