diff --git a/pkg/logql/engine.go b/pkg/logql/engine.go
index 294fe81457de..23c3073fb728 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/engine.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -444,11 +443,6 @@ func (q *query) JoinSampleVector(next bool, r StepResult, stepEvaluator StepEval
 		return vec, nil
 	}
 
-	stepCount := int(math.Ceil(float64(q.params.End().Sub(q.params.Start()).Nanoseconds()) / float64(q.params.Step().Nanoseconds())))
-	if stepCount <= 0 {
-		stepCount = 1
-	}
-
 	for next {
 		vec = r.SampleVector()
 		vectorsToSeries(vec, seriesIndex)