diff --git a/frameworks/opentelemetry/benchmark.sh b/frameworks/opentelemetry/benchmark.sh
index dda19cae339fe48a935cbca7b1517af9c8172fd1..9878cb8502a7dd0e19ddd9df0e3fd23358914632 100755
--- a/frameworks/opentelemetry/benchmark.sh
+++ b/frameworks/opentelemetry/benchmark.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ function cleanup {
 
 function runNoInstrumentation {
     # No instrumentation
-    k=`expr ${k} + 1`
     echo " # ${i}.${j}.${k} No instrumentation"
     echo " # ${i}.${j}.${k} No instrumentation" >>${BASEDIR}opentelemetry.log
     ${JAVABIN}java ${JAVAARGS_NOINSTR} ${JAR} \