diff --git a/tests/testGaussianISAM.cpp b/tests/testGaussianISAM.cpp
index 06f6b2583..60d5db672 100644
--- a/tests/testGaussianISAM.cpp
+++ b/tests/testGaussianISAM.cpp
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ using symbol_shorthand::L;
 /* ************************************************************************* */
 // Some numbers that should be consistent among all smoother tests
 
-static double sigmax1 = 0.786153, /*sigmax2 = 1.0/1.47292,*/ sigmax3 = 0.671512, sigmax4 =
-    0.669534 /*, sigmax5 = sigmax3, sigmax6 = sigmax2*/, sigmax7 = sigmax1;
-
 static const double tol = 1e-4;
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */