diff --git a/src/graphs.jl b/src/graphs.jl
index 0e2b701..a5b7af0 100644
--- a/src/graphs.jl
+++ b/src/graphs.jl
@@ -961,7 +961,6 @@ more details.
     end
 
     @series begin
-        num_edges_nodes := (length(edges_list[1]), length(node_vec_vec_xy))  # for debugging / tests
 
         seriestype := if method in (:tree, :buchheim, :chorddiagram)
             :curves