diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java
index ccad8675db..9e5d219b3b 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ public class HttpClientMultipartTest {
     private HttpPost post;
     private BufferedReader rd;
     private CloseableHttpResponse response;
-    private java.util.logging.Logger log;
 
     @Before
     public final void before() {