diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
index 0e20c56e53..836710bc04 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ void search_main(raft::resources const& res,
   auto graph_internal = raft::make_device_matrix_view<const InternalIdxT, int64_t, row_major>(
     reinterpret_cast<const InternalIdxT*>(graph.data_handle()), graph.extent(0), graph.extent(1));
 
-  bool use_vpq = false;
-
   // n_rows has the same type as the dataset index (the array extents type)
   using ds_idx_type = decltype(index.dataset().n_rows());
   // Dispatch search parameters based on the dataset kind.
@@ -269,7 +267,7 @@ void search_main(raft::resources const& res,
     // determined here. They are set just before kernel launch.
     using dataset_desc_t = standard_dataset_descriptor_t<T, InternalIdxT, 0, 0, DistanceT>;
     // Search using a plain (strided) row-major dataset
-const dataset_desc_t dataset_desc(strided_dset->view().data_handle(),
+    const dataset_desc_t dataset_desc(strided_dset->view().data_handle(),
                                       strided_dset->n_rows(),
                                       strided_dset->dim(),
                                       strided_dset->stride());
@@ -279,12 +277,10 @@ const dataset_desc_t dataset_desc(strided_dset->view().data_handle(),
   } else if (auto* vpq_dset =
                dynamic_cast<const vpq_dataset<float, ds_idx_type>*>(&index.dataset());
              vpq_dset != nullptr) {
-    use_vpq = true;
     // Search using a compressed dataset
     RAFT_FAIL("FP32 VPQ dataset support is coming soon");
   } else if (auto* vpq_dset = dynamic_cast<const vpq_dataset<half, ds_idx_type>*>(&index.dataset());
              vpq_dset != nullptr) {
-    use_vpq = true;
     lauch_vpq_search_main_core<T, half, ds_idx_type, InternalIdxT, DistanceT, CagraSampleFilterT>(
       res, vpq_dset, params, graph_internal, queries, neighbors, distances, sample_filter);
   } else if (auto* empty_dset = dynamic_cast<const empty_dataset<ds_idx_type>*>(&index.dataset());