diff --git a/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js b/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js
index cbc6e0a1a..06e816994 100644
--- a/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js
+++ b/tests/backend/specs/api/sessionsAndGroups.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ var filePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../../../APIKEY.txt');
 var apiKey = fs.readFileSync(filePath,  {encoding: 'utf-8'});
 apiKey = apiKey.replace(/\n$/, "");
 var apiVersion = 1;
-var testPadId = makeid();
 var groupID = "";
 var authorID = "";
 var sessionID = "";