diff --git a/Tests/FileIO/TestXmlGmlReader.cpp b/Tests/FileIO/TestXmlGmlReader.cpp
index 398913ad2ad99bfeae930a59124420c1d59da1ab..23428e4b043325198b6cabeab9ef7bfd77b6c870 100644
--- a/Tests/FileIO/TestXmlGmlReader.cpp
+++ b/Tests/FileIO/TestXmlGmlReader.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ TEST(FileIO, XmlGmlWriterReaderTest)
 	// Writer test
 	std::string test_data_file(BaseLib::BuildInfo::source_path + "/Tests/FileIO/xmlgmltestdata.gml");
 
-	ProjectData project;
 	GeoLib::GEOObjects geo_objects;
 
 	//setup test data