diff --git a/semantic_router/indices/local_index.py b/semantic_router/indices/local_index.py
index 72f8091d6e7c5ba64904adbf9fc6651de58ee703..9e6aa8a7ff1a77ef9f5c829899c55625caff14e5 100644
--- a/semantic_router/indices/local_index.py
+++ b/semantic_router/indices/local_index.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from semantic_router.indices.base import BaseIndex
 
 
 class LocalIndex(BaseIndex):
-    index: Optional[np.ndarray] = None
 
     class Config:  # Stop pydantic from complaining about  Optional[np.ndarray] type hints.
         arbitrary_types_allowed = True