diff --git a/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjuster/spaniduniquifier.go b/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjuster/spaniduniquifier.go
index ea15113de33..1fa05ca5f95 100644
--- a/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjuster/spaniduniquifier.go
+++ b/cmd/query/app/querysvc/adjuster/spaniduniquifier.go
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/internal/jptrace"
 )
 
-var (
-	errTooManySpans = errors.New("cannot assign unique span ID, too many spans in the trace")
-)
+var errTooManySpans = errors.New("cannot assign unique span ID, too many spans in the trace")
 
 // SpanIDUniquifier returns an adjuster that changes span ids for server
 // spans (i.e. spans with tag: span.kind == server) if there is another