diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/Lexer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/Lexer.java
index 60e6e89..495a95e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/Lexer.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-maven-plugins/lexer-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/Lexer.java
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
         this.buffer = buffer;
         tokenBegin = bufpos = 0;
         containsEscapes = false;
-        line++;
         tokenBegin = -1;
     }