diff --git a/thrust/testing/functional.cu b/thrust/testing/functional.cu
index 1478868c06d..5e809110e8e 100644
--- a/thrust/testing/functional.cu
+++ b/thrust/testing/functional.cu
@@ -303,8 +303,6 @@ DECLARE_VECTOR_UNITTEST(TestMinimumFunctional);
 template <class Vector>
 THRUST_DISABLE_BROKEN_GCC_VECTORIZER void TestNot1()
 {
-  using T = typename Vector::value_type;
-
   Vector input{1, 0, 1, 1, 0};
 
   Vector output(5);
diff --git a/thrust/testing/is_partitioned.cu b/thrust/testing/is_partitioned.cu
index 581e78715b8..88aa9481aa1 100644
--- a/thrust/testing/is_partitioned.cu
+++ b/thrust/testing/is_partitioned.cu
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ struct is_even
 template <typename Vector>
 void TestIsPartitionedSimple()
 {
-  using T = typename Vector::value_type;
-
   Vector v{1, 1, 1, 0};
 
   // empty partition