diff --git a/tests/test_deprecated.cpp b/tests/test_deprecated.cpp
index 4a9d3b4..3295e82 100644
--- a/tests/test_deprecated.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_deprecated.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ TEST(parse_attribute_variations_wnorm)
 // document order
 TEST_XML(document_order_coverage, "<node id='1'/>")
 {
-	xml_document doc;
 	doc.precompute_document_order();
 
 	CHECK(doc.child(STR("node")).document_order() == 0);