diff --git a/src/bgp/test/bgp_update_rx_test.cc b/src/bgp/test/bgp_update_rx_test.cc
index a8cb73a19df..a3414faa2ce 100644
--- a/src/bgp/test/bgp_update_rx_test.cc
+++ b/src/bgp/test/bgp_update_rx_test.cc
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ TEST_P(BgpUpdateRxParamTest2, AsPathLoop) {
     ps->path_segment.push_back(64512);
     path_spec->path_segments.push_back(ps);
     update.path_attributes.push_back(path_spec);
-    uint32_t identifier = local_identifier_.to_ulong();
 
     BgpMpNlri *mp_nlri = new BgpMpNlri;
     BgpProtoPrefix *bpp = new BgpProtoPrefix;