diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xddf/usermodel/chart/TestXDDFChartRemoveSeries.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xddf/usermodel/chart/TestXDDFChartRemoveSeries.java
index 75571ac3d8..137d3901fa 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xddf/usermodel/chart/TestXDDFChartRemoveSeries.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xddf/usermodel/chart/TestXDDFChartRemoveSeries.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class TestXDDFChartRemoveSeries {
     XSSFSheet sheet = null;
     XDDFScatterChartData chartData = null;
     XDDFChart chart = null;
-    final int MAX_NUM_SERIES = 1;
 
     public TestXDDFChartRemoveSeries() {
         resultDir.mkdirs();