diff --git a/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go b/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go
index 71ab22675670..4b77bd4776f6 100644
--- a/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go
+++ b/pkg/parquetquery/iters.go
@@ -1261,10 +1261,6 @@ func (c *SyncIterator) Close() {
 	c.closeCurrRowGroup()
 
 	c.span.End()
-
-	if c.intern && c.interner != nil {
-		// c.interner.Close()
-	}
 }
 
 // ColumnIterator asynchronously iterates through the given row groups and column. Applies