diff --git a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestsLarge.java b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestsLarge.java
index 14560d7af70038ccd94738fa4bc648ce99065bac..777169a3ebbeca9d8266f68afb76b02dd4384ea4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestsLarge.java
+++ b/src/test/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/model/NshmTestsLarge.java
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ class NshmTestsLarge {
 
   private static ExecutorService EXEC;
 
-  private static Object object;
-
   @BeforeAll
   static void setUpBeforeClass() {
     int cores = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();