diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
index 050896476..2923c7454 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 	// A Mirror Pod.
 	// A Critical Pod.
 	// Three Pods in the "test" Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 2 should be evicted.
-	p10 := buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p10", "test", nil)
 	// Same owners, but different images
 	p11 := buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p11", "different-images", func(pod *v1.Pod) {
 		pod.Spec.Containers[0].Image = "foo"
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p8", "test", nil),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p9", "test", nil),
-				p10,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p10", "test", nil),
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p3", "dev", nil),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p8", "test", nil),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p9", "test", nil),
-				p10,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p10", "test", nil),
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 				}),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p8", "test", nil),
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p9", "test", nil),
-				p10,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p10", "test", nil),
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,