diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/vectorstores/Chroma/Chroma_Existing.ts b/packages/components/nodes/vectorstores/Chroma/Chroma_Existing.ts
index e268434c..ff929ef1 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/vectorstores/Chroma/Chroma_Existing.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/vectorstores/Chroma/Chroma_Existing.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class Chroma_Existing_VectorStores implements INode {
         const chromaApiKey = getCredentialParam('chromaApiKey', credentialData, nodeData)
 
         const chromaMetadataFilter = nodeData.inputs?.chromaMetadataFilter
-        const metadataFilter = chromaMetadataFilter ? JSON.parse(chromaMetadataFilter) : {}
 
         const obj: {
             collectionName: string