diff --git a/tests/include/emptyServerFunctions.h b/tests/include/emptyServerFunctions.h
index 93b6932e111a571903fa9f54bc341c56d5067fb6..9751352b3dafae650486d67eeb8e8d2c0d210a4f 100644
--- a/tests/include/emptyServerFunctions.h
+++ b/tests/include/emptyServerFunctions.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 // LCOV_EXCL_START
 
-const char* object_name = "empty";
 EqFct* eq_create(int /*eq_code*/, void*) {
   return NULL;
 }