diff --git a/docs/source/gateway.mdx b/docs/source/gateway.mdx
index ffe4bd5b4..7f4607732 100644
--- a/docs/source/gateway.mdx
+++ b/docs/source/gateway.mdx
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ const { ApolloServer, gql } = require('apollo-server');
 const { ApolloGateway } = require('@apollo/gateway');
 const { readFileSync } = require('fs');
 
-const schemaString = readFileSync('./supergraph.graphql').toString();
-const supergraphSdl = gql` ${schemaString} `;
+const supergraphSdl = readFileSync('./supergraph.graphql').toString();
 
 // Initialize an ApolloGateway instance and pass it
 // the supergraph schema