diff --git a/examples/python/create-rankfile.py b/examples/python/create-rankfile.py
index b21e2ba595e6c0e067366617b25f7ed89ab94da3..171de331bc29bb0a79bd9e111a237d2a9e19256a 100644
--- a/examples/python/create-rankfile.py
+++ b/examples/python/create-rankfile.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def generate_rankfile(hostfile_path):
             hosts = hostfile.readlines()
             num_hosts = len(hosts)
             ranks_per_host = 64
-            for host_id, host in enumerate(hosts):
+            for host in enumerate(hosts):
                 hostname = host.strip()
                 for rank in range(ranks_per_host):
                     rank_content = f"rank {rank_id}={hostname} slot=0-63"