diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/quic_svd/quic_svd_impl.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/quic_svd/quic_svd_impl.hpp
index 9622e55015..eb010c6e16 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/quic_svd/quic_svd_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/quic_svd/quic_svd_impl.hpp
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ inline void QUIC_SVD::ExtractSVD(const arma::mat& dataset,
   arma::vec sigmaBar;
   arma::svd(uBar, sigmaBar, vBar, projectedMatSquared);
 
-  // vBar was tarnsposed of vBar
-  vBar = arma::trans(vBar);
-
   // Calculate the approximate SVD of the original matrix, using the SVD of the
   // squared projected matrix.
   v = basis * vBar;