diff --git a/src/afterfact.rs b/src/afterfact.rs
index a79bdb457..98a2b049f 100644
--- a/src/afterfact.rs
+++ b/src/afterfact.rs
@@ -3539,7 +3539,6 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut file: Box<dyn io::Write> =
             Box::new(File::create("./test_emit_csv_remove_duplicate.json").unwrap());
-        let mut additional_afterfact = AfterfactInfo::new();
         additional_afterfact.record_cnt = 1;
         additional_afterfact.recover_record_cnt = 0;
         additional_afterfact.tl_starttime = Some(expect_tz);