diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestElevationComparator.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestElevationComparator.java
index 036ff65a443..29502b102db 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestElevationComparator.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestElevationComparator.java
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ public class TestElevationComparator extends LuceneTestCase {
     TopDocs topDocs = topCollector.topDocs(0, 10);
     int nDocsReturned = topDocs.scoreDocs.length;
 
-    int[] ids = new int[nDocsReturned];
-    float[] scores = new float[nDocsReturned];
-    Document[] documents = new Document[nDocsReturned];
     assertEquals(4, nDocsReturned);
 
     // 0 & 3 were elevated
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestPhraseQuery.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestPhraseQuery.java
index 2b269fc0f3b..47bedf40552 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestPhraseQuery.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestPhraseQuery.java
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ public class TestPhraseQuery extends LuceneTestCase {
 
   // LUCENE-1280
   public void testEmptyPhraseQuery() throws Throwable {
-    final PhraseQuery q1 = new PhraseQuery();
     final BooleanQuery q2 = new BooleanQuery();
     q2.add(new PhraseQuery(), BooleanClause.Occur.MUST);
     q2.toString();
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestPayloadSpans.java b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestPayloadSpans.java
index 957ab6a5b8c..d2f76118d84 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestPayloadSpans.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestPayloadSpans.java
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ public class TestPayloadSpans extends LuceneTestCase {
   public void testPayloadSpanUtil() throws Exception {
     RAMDirectory directory = new RAMDirectory();
     PayloadAnalyzer analyzer = new PayloadAnalyzer();
-    String[] docs = new String[]{};
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(directory, analyzer, true);
     writer.setSimilarity(similarity);
     Document doc = new Document();