diff --git a/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/cast.rs b/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/cast.rs
index 7b125211f..5e4296c14 100644
--- a/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/cast.rs
+++ b/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/cast.rs
@@ -249,15 +249,11 @@ fn cast_string_to_i16(str: &str, eval_mode: EvalMode) -> CometResult