diff --git a/lib/barometer/query/base.rb b/lib/barometer/query/base.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/barometer/query/base.rb
+++ b/lib/barometer/query/base.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ module Barometer
       def initialize(query, units=:metric)
         @q = query.dup
         @units = units
-        @geo = Data::Geo.new
         detect_format
         freeze_query
         @conversions = {}
query geo metadata is set on format detection