diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js
index 5d0c8b8b9e97..925103f2d75a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/__tests__/ReactFabric-test.internal.js
@@ -1189,7 +1189,6 @@ describe('ReactFabric', () => {
 
     const ref1 = React.createRef();
     const ref2 = React.createRef();
-    const ref3 = React.createRef();
 
     const explicitTimeStampCamelCase = 'explicit-timestamp-camelcase';
     const explicitTimeStampLowerCase = 'explicit-timestamp-lowercase';