diff --git a/crates/evm/src/instructions/environmental_information.cairo b/crates/evm/src/instructions/environmental_information.cairo
index b135a644a..912c62e39 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/instructions/environmental_information.cairo
+++ b/crates/evm/src/instructions/environmental_information.cairo
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ impl EnvironmentInformationImpl of EnvironmentInformationTrait {
         // A good condition to check is nonce > 0, as deploying a contract account
         // will set its nonce to 1
         let ca_storage = kakarot_state.contract_account_storage(evm_address);
-            KakarotCore::ContractState
-        >::contract_account_storage(@kakarot_state, evm_address);
         if ca_storage.nonce != 0 {
             return self.stack.push(ca_storage.balance);
         }