diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1001-1500.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1001-1500.py
index 299a88ab7..9074b34b7 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1001-1500.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue1001-1500.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ def test_issue1061():
     doc = tokenizer(text)
     assert '_MATH_' in [w.text for w in doc]
     assert 'MATH' not in [w.text for w in doc]
-    text = '...gimme...? that ...gimme...? or else ...gimme...?!'
 
 
 @pytest.mark.xfail(