diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestRegionPlacement.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestRegionPlacement.java
index de26547007b..5c797b2dc94 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestRegionPlacement.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestRegionPlacement.java
@@ -289,8 +289,6 @@ public class TestRegionPlacement {
 
   private void killRandomServerAndVerifyAssignment() 
       throws IOException, InterruptedException, KeeperException {
-    ClusterStatus oldStatus = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getClusterStatus();
-    ServerName servers[] = oldStatus.getServers().toArray(new ServerName[10]);
     ServerName serverToKill = null;
     int killIndex = 0;
     Random random = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());