diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
index 1f7ca484a8..c65ac502ce 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_search.cuh
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ void search_main(raft::resources const& res,
     RAFT_FAIL("Unrecognized dataset format");
   }
 
-  // Refinement
-  if (use_vpq) {}
-
   static_assert(std::is_same_v<DistanceT, float>,
                 "only float distances are supported at the moment");
   float* dist_out          = distances.data_handle();