diff --git a/tests/qemumigrationcookiexmltest.c b/tests/qemumigrationcookiexmltest.c
index ba7088c567..6ef5dc0ad6 100644
--- a/tests/qemumigrationcookiexmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemumigrationcookiexmltest.c
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ static int
 mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
-    g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = NULL;
     g_autoptr(GHashTable) capslatest = NULL;
     g_autoptr(virConnect) conn = NULL;
 
@@ -412,7 +411,6 @@ mymain(void)
     if (qemuTestDriverInit(&driver) < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-    cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(&driver);
     driver.privileged = true;
 
     if (!(conn = virGetConnect()))
diff --git a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmltest.c
index d58f4b69da..cd43820551 100644
--- a/tests/qemustatusxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemustatusxml2xmltest.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ mymain(void)
 {
     int ret = 0;
     g_autofree char *fakerootdir = NULL;
-    g_autoptr(virQEMUDriverConfig) cfg = NULL;
     g_autoptr(GHashTable) capslatest = testQemuGetLatestCaps();
     g_autoptr(GHashTable) capscache = virHashNew(virObjectFreeHashData);
     g_autoptr(virConnect) conn = NULL;
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ mymain(void)
     if (qemuTestDriverInit(&driver) < 0)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-    cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(&driver);
     driver.privileged = true;
 
     if (!(conn = virGetConnect()))