diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem_resolver.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem_resolver.rb
index 2271244729..065143ef33 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem_resolver.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem_resolver.rb
@@ -322,16 +322,15 @@ class TestGemResolver < Gem::TestCase
   def test_picks_best_platform
     is      = Gem::Resolver::IndexSpecification
     unknown = Gem::Platform.new "unknown"
-    a2_p1   = a3_p2 = nil
 
     spec_fetcher do |fetcher|
       fetcher.spec "a", 2
 
-      a2_p1 = fetcher.spec "a", 2 do |s|
+      fetcher.spec "a", 2 do |s|
         s.platform = Gem::Platform.local
       end
 
-      a3_p2 = fetcher.spec "a", 3 do |s|
+      fetcher.spec "a", 3 do |s|
         s.platform = unknown
       end
     end