diff --git a/tests/scsihosttest.c b/tests/scsihosttest.c
index b58318d2956379d321fe4aca62f55dc3b807a576..4b2779eabf6c832f23333f2294166ef23b161868 100644
--- a/tests/scsihosttest.c
+++ b/tests/scsihosttest.c
@@ -202,12 +202,9 @@ testVirFindSCSIHostByPCI(const void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
     unsigned int unique_id2 = 2;
     const char *pci_addr1 = "0000:00:1f.1";
     const char *pci_addr2 = "0000:00:1f.2";
-    char *path_addr = NULL;
     char *ret_host = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
 
-    path_addr = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", abs_srcdir, "sysfs/class/scsi_host");
-
     if (!(ret_host = virSCSIHostFindByPCI(TEST_SCSIHOST_CLASS_PATH,
                                           pci_addr1, unique_id1)) ||
         STRNEQ(ret_host, "host0"))
@@ -236,7 +233,6 @@ testVirFindSCSIHostByPCI(const void *data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(ret_host);
-    VIR_FREE(path_addr);
     return ret;
 }