diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp
index df28b28a67b5e5..d9f72cf5f839c3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@ DQMatMulGQ2iP::DQMatMulGQ2iP(Context::Ref ctx) {
         auto qweight_shape = matched_qweight->output(0).get_shape();
         auto qcoeff_shape = matched_qcoeff->output(0).get_shape();
         auto act_shape = matched_out_mmi.get_shape();
-        auto& out_shape = matched_node_matmul->output(0).get_shape();
 
         if (ov::element::i4 == matched_qweight->get_element_type() && qweight_shape.size() == 3 &&
             ov::element::f16 == matched_qcoeff->get_element_type() && qcoeff_shape.size() == 3 &&