diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md
index 1dd8bb7efa508..3b96aa8237b05 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-stepfunctions-tasks/README.md
@@ -408,11 +408,7 @@ const project = new codebuild.Project(this, 'Project', {
     },
   }),
 });
-const buildconfig = project.enableBatchBuilds();
-
-if (buildconfig == null) {
-  throw new Error('Batch builds not enabled');
-}
+project.enableBatchBuilds();
 
 const task = new tasks.CodeBuildStartBuildBatch(this, 'buildBatchTask', {
   project,