diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64VersionConsistencyTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64VersionConsistencyTests.cs
index 1685a86a..b8451a45 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64VersionConsistencyTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Zip/Zip64VersionConsistencyTests.cs
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ public class Zip64VersionConsistencyTests : WriterTests
 
                 // Skip compressed data by reading compressed size from extra field if zip64
                 // For simplicity in this test, we'll just find the next signature
-                var searchBuffer = new byte[8192];
                 var found = false;
 
                 while (fs.Position < fs.Length - 4)