diff --git a/test/features/test_grsd_estimation.cpp b/test/features/test_grsd_estimation.cpp
index 438cdd2b1cee768ee8da216efd9bdf1beabeec34..0e3ac29ff8cffb4ffd584b298ca4ab9c134ae2c1 100644
--- a/test/features/test_grsd_estimation.cpp
+++ b/test/features/test_grsd_estimation.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ using namespace pcl::io;
 
 search::KdTree<PointXYZ>::Ptr tree (new search::KdTree<PointXYZ> ());
 PointCloud<PointXYZ>::Ptr cloud (new PointCloud<PointXYZ> ());
-std::vector<int> indices;
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 TEST (PCL, GRSDEstimation)
diff --git a/test/features/test_rsd_estimation.cpp b/test/features/test_rsd_estimation.cpp
index 81fe9dd90fe88892f01ec7ee0f5f3ecc7f1ca41c..b30be4f609fa7d7696a01317b6842e7f475207b7 100644
--- a/test/features/test_rsd_estimation.cpp
+++ b/test/features/test_rsd_estimation.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ using namespace pcl::io;
 
 search::KdTree<PointXYZ>::Ptr tree (new search::KdTree<PointXYZ> ());
 PointCloud<PointXYZ>::Ptr cloud (new PointCloud<PointXYZ> ());
-std::vector<int> indices;
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 TEST (PCL, RSDEstimation)
diff --git a/test/filters/test_filters.cpp b/test/filters/test_filters.cpp
index 0932367937bae18ab6e23bb04d2c6cd43a00eed1..13b191e9a21dff6fa0e9fbf70b78347a460dd7e6 100644
--- a/test/filters/test_filters.cpp
+++ b/test/filters/test_filters.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ using namespace Eigen;
 
 PCLPointCloud2::Ptr cloud_blob (new PCLPointCloud2);
 PointCloud<PointXYZ>::Ptr cloud (new PointCloud<PointXYZ>);
-std::vector<int> indices_;
 
 PointCloud<PointXYZRGB>::Ptr cloud_organized (new PointCloud<PointXYZRGB>);
 
@@ -2335,10 +2334,6 @@ main (int argc, char** argv)
   loadPCDFile (file_name, *cloud_blob);
   fromPCLPointCloud2 (*cloud_blob, *cloud);
 
-  indices_.resize (cloud->size ());
-  for (index_t i = 0; i < static_cast<index_t>(indices_.size ()); ++i)
-    indices_[i] = i;
-
 
   loadPCDFile (argv[2], *cloud_organized);