diff --git a/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_llm_obs.py b/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_llm_obs.py
index 2eaf13442e1..adab0ca6593 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_llm_obs.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/datadog/datadog_llm_obs.py
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ class DataDogLLMObsLogger(DataDogLogger, CustomBatchLogger):
 
         messages = standard_logging_payload["messages"]
         messages = self._ensure_string_content(messages=messages)
-        response_obj = standard_logging_payload.get("response")
 
         metadata = kwargs.get("litellm_params", {}).get("metadata", {})