diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py
index 8f0c35c7e..8beb2015d 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ async def get_adapter_impl(config: MilvusVectorIOConfig, deps: dict[Api, Provide
 
     assert isinstance(config, MilvusVectorIOConfig), f"Unexpected config type: {type(config)}"
 
-    files_api = deps.get(Api.files, None)
 
     impl = MilvusVectorIOAdapter(config, deps[Api.inference], files_api)
     await impl.initialize()