diff --git a/src/rntuple.cpp b/src/rntuple.cpp
index 263b68f..ec67006 100644
--- a/src/rntuple.cpp
+++ b/src/rntuple.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ void gather_ntuple_metadata(Arena *arena, RMicroFileReader &reader, const RNTupl
   u64 n_clusters = 0;
       
   chr::time_point start_t = chr::high_resolution_clock::now();
-  u64 n_slow = 0;
 
   // gather clusters and pages metadata
   for (const RClusterDescriptor &cluster_desc : descriptor.GetClusterIterable()) {
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ void gather_ntuple_metadata(Arena *arena, RMicroFileReader &reader, const RNTupl
   chr::time_point end_t = chr::high_resolution_clock::now();
   u64 time_spent_ms = chr::duration_cast<chr::milliseconds>(end_t - start_t).count();
 
-  fprintf(stderr, "Loaded %lu pages in %lu ms (%lu took the slow path).\nGenerating groups...\n", n_pages, time_spent_ms, n_slow);
+  fprintf(stderr, "Loaded %lu pages in %lu ms.\nGenerating groups...\n", n_pages, time_spent_ms);
 
   // Create page groups and chunks.
   // Each page group is a grouping of GROUP_SIZE page infos whose range is equal to the combined ranges