diff --git a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImplTests.groovy b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImplTests.groovy
index 7184270c3..94dde95d8 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImplTests.groovy
+++ b/backend/src/test/groovy/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/service/JPAMetadataResolverServiceImplTests.groovy
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ class JPAMetadataResolverServiceImplTests extends Specification {
         when:
         metadataResolverService.reloadFilters('testme984')
         def ed = metadataResolver.resolveSingle(new CriteriaSet(new EntityIdCriterion('http://test.scaldingspoon.org/test1')))
-        def x2 = openSamlObjects.marshalToXmlString(ed)
 
         then:
         !DiffBuilder.compare(Input.fromStream(this.class.getResourceAsStream('/metadata/984-3-expected.xml'))).withTest(Input.fromString(openSamlObjects.marshalToXmlString(ed))).ignoreComments().ignoreWhitespace().build().hasDifferences()