diff --git a/esda/geary_local_mv.py b/esda/geary_local_mv.py
index 98b9a67b..bdcaffb0 100644
--- a/esda/geary_local_mv.py
+++ b/esda/geary_local_mv.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def _statistic(variables, zvariables, w, drop_islands):
         # Rearrange data based on w id order
         adj_list_gs["w_order"] = w.id_order
         adj_list_gs.sort_values(by="w_order", inplace=True)
+        adj_list_gs.drop(columns=['w_order'], inplace=True)
         localG = np.array(adj_list_gs.sum(axis=1, numeric_only=True) / k)
 
         return localG