diff --git a/tests/test_relations.py b/tests/test_relations.py
index b82a1f2a5..ff377d383 100644
--- a/tests/test_relations.py
+++ b/tests/test_relations.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from rest_framework.versioning import NamespaceVersioning
 import pytest
 
 factory = APIRequestFactory()
-request = factory.get('/')  # Just to ensure we have a request in the serializer context
 
 dummy_view = lambda request, pk: None