diff --git a/testpar/API/H5_api_test_parallel.c b/testpar/API/H5_api_test_parallel.c
index 7a80c9b1bdd..e1f217ee2d6 100644
--- a/testpar/API/H5_api_test_parallel.c
+++ b/testpar/API/H5_api_test_parallel.c
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ char H5_api_test_parallel_filename[H5_API_TEST_FILENAME_MAX_LENGTH];
 
 const char *test_path_prefix;
 
-size_t n_tests_run_g;
-size_t n_tests_passed_g;
-size_t n_tests_failed_g;
-size_t n_tests_skipped_g;
-
 int mpi_size;
 int mpi_rank;