diff --git a/packages/piro/src/Piro_ThyraProductME_Constraint_SimOpt.hpp b/packages/piro/src/Piro_ThyraProductME_Constraint_SimOpt.hpp
index 3f39d6bb15a4..e364868016e4 100644
--- a/packages/piro/src/Piro_ThyraProductME_Constraint_SimOpt.hpp
+++ b/packages/piro/src/Piro_ThyraProductME_Constraint_SimOpt.hpp
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ class ThyraProductME_Constraint_SimOpt : public ROL::Constraint_SimOpt<Real> {
       }
     }
     else {
-      Thyra::ModelEvaluatorBase::Derivative<Real> dfdp_dv = outArgs.get_DfDp(0);
       auto dfdp_op = dfdp_dv.getLinearOp();
       auto dfdp = dfdp_dv.getMultiVector();