diff --git a/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go b/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go
index e2bd5b20a2c4..871655852310 100644
--- a/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go
+++ b/exporter/awsemfexporter/datapoint.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (dps histogramDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(i int, instrumentati
 }
 
 // CalculateDeltaDatapoints retrieves the ExponentialHistogramDataPoint at the given index.
-func (dps exponentialHistogramDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(idx int, instrumentationScopeName string, detailedMetrics bool) ([]dataPoint, bool) {
+func (dps exponentialHistogramDataPointSlice) CalculateDeltaDatapoints(idx int, instrumentationScopeName string, _ bool) ([]dataPoint, bool) {
 	metric := dps.ExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice.At(idx)
 
 	scale := metric.Scale()