diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/google_vertex_ai_search.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/google_vertex_ai_search.py
index 2ed46927014..622eea6871a 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/google_vertex_ai_search.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/retrievers/google_vertex_ai_search.py
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ class _BaseGoogleVertexAISearchRetriever(BaseModel):
         from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToDict
 
         documents: List[Document] = []
-        chunk_type = "extractive_answers"
 
         for result in results:
             document_dict = MessageToDict(