diff --git a/examples/docs_beta_snippets/docs_beta_snippets/guides/data-assets/passing-data-assets/passing-data-explicit.py b/examples/docs_beta_snippets/docs_beta_snippets/guides/data-assets/passing-data-assets/passing-data-explicit.py
index af5100007c34e..3fbc1490debea 100644
--- a/examples/docs_beta_snippets/docs_beta_snippets/guides/data-assets/passing-data-assets/passing-data-explicit.py
+++ b/examples/docs_beta_snippets/docs_beta_snippets/guides/data-assets/passing-data-assets/passing-data-explicit.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import sqlite3
-import tempfile
-
 import dagster as dg
 
-database_file = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
-
 
 # highlight-start
 @dg.asset