diff --git a/chapters/beam_instructions.asciidoc b/chapters/beam_instructions.asciidoc
index 6077996..59c6022 100644
--- a/chapters/beam_instructions.asciidoc
+++ b/chapters/beam_instructions.asciidoc
@@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ A minimal receive loop, which accepts any message and has no timeout
 
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-  {label,2}.
-    {wait,{f,1}}.
   {label,1}.
     {loop_rec,{f,2},{x,0}}.
     remove_message.