diff --git a/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.EndToEndTests.Capi/CXX_Api_Sample.cpp b/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.EndToEndTests.Capi/CXX_Api_Sample.cpp
index c591e3e321..cd94ff5e58 100644
--- a/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.EndToEndTests.Capi/CXX_Api_Sample.cpp
+++ b/csharp/test/Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntime.EndToEndTests.Capi/CXX_Api_Sample.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <onnxruntime_cxx_api.h>
 
-const OrtApi* Ort::g_api = OrtGetApiBase()->GetApi(ORT_API_VERSION);
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
   //*************************************************************************
   // initialize  enviroment...one enviroment per process