diff --git a/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinTest.java b/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinTest.java
index 6996df9..406640a 100644
--- a/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinTest.java
+++ b/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class NameJoinTest {
-    private final NameJoinGlobalKTable app = new NameJoinGlobalKTable();
 
     private final TestTopology<String, Person> testTopology =
             new TestTopology<>(NameJoinGlobalKTable::getTopology, NameJoinGlobalKTable.getKafkaProperties());
diff --git a/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinWithIntermediateTopicTest.java b/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinWithIntermediateTopicTest.java
index be28a3e..522775e 100644
--- a/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinWithIntermediateTopicTest.java
+++ b/fluent-kafka-streams-tests/src/test/java/com/bakdata/fluent_kafka_streams_tests/NameJoinWithIntermediateTopicTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 class NameJoinWithIntermediateTopicTest {
-    private final NameJoinGlobalKTable app = new NameJoinGlobalKTable();
 
     private final TestTopology<String, Person> testTopology =
             new TestTopology<>(NameJoinGlobalKTable::getTopologyWithIntermediateTopic,