diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/image_classifier/sources/MPPImageClassifier.mm b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/image_classifier/sources/MPPImageClassifier.mm
index c1c8d656..ed71730d 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/image_classifier/sources/MPPImageClassifier.mm
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/image_classifier/sources/MPPImageClassifier.mm
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ static NSString *const kTaskGraphName =
 
   PacketMap inputPacketMap = InputPacketMap(imagePacket, normalizedRectPacket);
 
-  std::optional<PacketMap> outputPacketMap = [_visionTaskRunner processPacketMap:inputPacketMap
                                                                            error:error];
   if (!outputPacketMap.has_value()) {
     return nil;