diff --git a/src/zenml/integrations/aws/orchestrators/sagemaker_orchestrator.py b/src/zenml/integrations/aws/orchestrators/sagemaker_orchestrator.py
index f751db42db..72066fae64 100644
--- a/src/zenml/integrations/aws/orchestrators/sagemaker_orchestrator.py
+++ b/src/zenml/integrations/aws/orchestrators/sagemaker_orchestrator.py
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ def prepare_or_run_pipeline(
         Yields:
             A dictionary of metadata related to the pipeline run.
         """
-        # Get the session and client
-        session = self._get_sagemaker_session()
-
         # sagemaker requires pipelineName to use alphanum and hyphens only
         unsanitized_orchestrator_run_name = get_orchestrator_run_name(
             pipeline_name=deployment.pipeline_configuration.name