diff --git a/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/integration/SqsTemplateIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/integration/SqsTemplateIntegrationTests.java
index 94dd98855..f8ae81d9a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/integration/SqsTemplateIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-aws-sqs/src/test/java/io/awspring/cloud/sqs/integration/SqsTemplateIntegrationTests.java
@@ -333,13 +333,6 @@ void shouldSendAndReceiveRecordMessageWithoutPayloadInfoHeader() {
 		assertThat(result).isNotNull();
 		Optional<Message<SampleRecord>> receivedMessage = template
 				.receive(from -> from.queue(RECORD_WITHOUT_TYPE_HEADER_QUEUE_NAME), SampleRecord.class);
-
-
-		assertThat(receivedMessage).isPresent();
-		Message<SampleRecord> message = receivedMessage.get();
-		SampleRecord actualPayload = message.getPayload();
-
-
 		assertThat(receivedMessage).isPresent().get().extracting(Message::getPayload).isEqualTo(testRecord);
 	}