diff --git a/test/unit/utObjTools.cpp b/test/unit/utObjTools.cpp
index 89bb19aa0..e888d2ce5 100644
--- a/test/unit/utObjTools.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utObjTools.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ TEST_F( utObjTools, countComponents_TwoLines_Success ) {
     ::memcpy( &buffer[ 0 ], &data[ 0 ], data.size() );
     test_parser.setBuffer( buffer );
     static const size_t Size = 4096UL;
-    char data_buffer[ Size ];
 
     size_t numComps = test_parser.testGetNumComponentsInDataDefinition();
     EXPECT_EQ( 3U, numComps );