diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_put.py b/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_put.py
index d916ae7a2..03306ab71 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_put.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_put.py
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ class Put(GridTestMixin, CLITestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
         self.basedir = "cli/Put/leading_slash"
         self.set_up_grid(oneshare=True)
 
-        DATA1 = b"data" * 100
         fn1 = os.path.join(self.basedir, "DATA1")
 
         d = self.do_cli("create-alias", "tahoe")