diff --git a/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_tf_policy.py b/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_tf_policy.py
index 3a04bed51..6b092ed38 100644
--- a/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_tf_policy.py
+++ b/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_tf_policy.py
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ def ddpg_actor_critic_loss(policy, model, _, train_batch):
     if twin_q:
         td_error = q_t_selected - q_t_selected_target
         twin_td_error = twin_q_t_selected - q_t_selected_target
-        td_error = td_error + twin_td_error
         if use_huber:
             errors = huber_loss(td_error, huber_threshold) + \
                 huber_loss(twin_td_error, huber_threshold)
diff --git a/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_torch_policy.py b/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_torch_policy.py
index 68d91a5c9..445564466 100644
--- a/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_torch_policy.py
+++ b/rllib/agents/ddpg/ddpg_torch_policy.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ def ddpg_actor_critic_loss(policy, model, _, train_batch):
     if twin_q:
         td_error = q_t_selected - q_t_selected_target
         twin_td_error = twin_q_t_selected - q_t_selected_target
-        td_error = td_error + twin_td_error
         if use_huber:
             errors = huber_loss(td_error, huber_threshold) \
                 + huber_loss(twin_td_error, huber_threshold)
diff --git a/rllib/agents/ddpg/tests/test_ddpg.py b/rllib/agents/ddpg/tests/test_ddpg.py
index 91b499207..8ceaf3540 100644
--- a/rllib/agents/ddpg/tests/test_ddpg.py
+++ b/rllib/agents/ddpg/tests/test_ddpg.py
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ class TestDDPG(unittest.TestCase):
 
         td_error = q_t_selected - q_t_selected_target
         twin_td_error = twin_q_t_selected - q_t_selected_target
-        td_error = td_error + twin_td_error
         errors = huber_loss(td_error, huber_threshold) + \
             huber_loss(twin_td_error, huber_threshold)