diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
index ff9502d3bb..915aaeb8b0 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_domain.c
@@ -1547,7 +1547,6 @@ libxlDomainDefCheckABIStability(libxlDriverPrivatePtr driver,
 {
     virDomainDefPtr migratableDefSrc = NULL;
     virDomainDefPtr migratableDefDst = NULL;
-    g_autoptr(libxlDriverConfig) cfg = libxlDriverConfigGet(driver);
     bool ret = false;
 
     if (!(migratableDefSrc = virDomainDefCopy(src, driver->xmlopt, NULL, true)) ||
diff --git a/tests/xlconfigtest.c b/tests/xlconfigtest.c
index 3c0469be85..4e4b28cd34 100644
--- a/tests/xlconfigtest.c
+++ b/tests/xlconfigtest.c
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ testCompareParseXML(const char *xlcfg, const char *xml, bool replaceVars)
     int ret = -1;
     virDomainDefPtr def = NULL;
     char *replacedXML = NULL;
-    g_autoptr(libxlDriverConfig) cfg = libxlDriverConfigGet(driver);
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC_N(gotxlcfgData, wrote) < 0)
         goto fail;
diff --git a/tests/xmconfigtest.c b/tests/xmconfigtest.c
index 7e324eb5d2..6bd18d0fe1 100644
--- a/tests/xmconfigtest.c
+++ b/tests/xmconfigtest.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ testCompareParseXML(const char *xmcfg, const char *xml)
     virConnectPtr conn = NULL;
     int wrote = 4096;
     virDomainDefPtr def = NULL;
-    g_autoptr(libxlDriverConfig) cfg = libxlDriverConfigGet(driver);
 
     if (VIR_ALLOC_N(gotxmcfgData, wrote) < 0)
         goto fail;