diff --git a/flatland/core/grid/grid4_astar.py b/flatland/core/grid/grid4_astar.py
index 77e2a1a8..5405f56d 100644
--- a/flatland/core/grid/grid4_astar.py
+++ b/flatland/core/grid/grid4_astar.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from flatland.utils.decorators import enable_infrastructure_lru_cache
 from flatland.utils.ordered_set import OrderedSet
 
-astar_priority = False
 
 
 class AStarNode: