diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index 8866a9bae..58a64b0d7 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -39511,7 +39511,6 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_EVP_Cipher_extra(void)
 
     int *test_drive[] = {test_drive1, test_drive2, test_drive3, NULL};
     int test_drive_len[100];
-    WC_MAYBE_UNUSED int drive_len;
 
     int ret = 0;
     EVP_CIPHER_CTX *evp = NULL;
@@ -39594,7 +39593,6 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_EVP_Cipher_extra(void)
     for (i = 0; test_drive[i]; i++) {
 
             last_val = 0x0f;
-        drive_len = 0;
 
         AssertIntNE((ret = EVP_CipherInit(evp, NULL, key, iv, 0)), 0);
 
@@ -39609,7 +39607,6 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_EVP_Cipher_extra(void)
             binary_dump(outb, outl);
             AssertIntEQ((ret = check_result(outb, outl)), 0);
             AssertFalse(outl > ((inl/16+1)*16) && outl > 16);
-            drive_len += outl;
         }
 
         ret = EVP_CipherFinal(evp, outb, &outl);