diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 1905df0f43a2..631c8c187df3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -2761,8 +2761,6 @@ def test_socketserver(self):
 
         def test_asyncore_server(self):
             """Check the example asyncore integration."""
-            indata = "TEST MESSAGE of mixed case\n"
-
             if support.verbose:
                 sys.stdout.write("\n")