diff --git a/recipes/security-agent.rb b/recipes/security-agent.rb
index d4f3b887..7f4564f6 100644
--- a/recipes/security-agent.rb
+++ b/recipes/security-agent.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
   else
     '/etc/datadog-agent/security-agent.yaml'
   end
-security_agent_config_file_exists = ::File.exist?(security_agent_config_file)
 
 template security_agent_config_file do
   runtime_security_extra_config = {}