diff --git a/js/server/tests/aql/aql-graph-traverser.js b/js/server/tests/aql/aql-graph-traverser.js
index 45396a2646..85d948ee5b 100644
--- a/js/server/tests/aql/aql-graph-traverser.js
+++ b/js/server/tests/aql/aql-graph-traverser.js
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ function brokenGraphSuite () {
         gm._drop(emptyGN);
       } catch (e) {
       }
-      var emptyGraph = gm._create(emptyGN);
+      gm._create(emptyGN);
       var bindVars = {
         graph: emptyGN
       };