diff --git a/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go b/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
index fdaa0ef1c..e72a0d70b 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/plugins/removeduplicates/removeduplicates_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 	node6 := test.BuildTestNode("n6", 200, 200, 10, nil)
 
 	// Three Pods in the "dev" Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 2 should be evicted.
-	p2 := buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil)
 	p3 := buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p3", "dev", nil)
 	// A DaemonSet.
 	p4 := buildTestPodForNode1("p4", func(pod *v1.Pod) {
@@ -184,7 +183,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. 1 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet, but ReplicaSet kind is excluded. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three Pods in the `dev` Namespace, three Pods in the `test` Namespace. Bound to ReplicaSet with same name. 4 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3, p8, p9, p10,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3, p8, p9, p10,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
@@ -224,7 +226,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Test all Pods: 4 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3, p4, p5, p6, p7, p8, p9, p10,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node2},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 2,
@@ -251,7 +254,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three pods in the `dev` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available has a taint, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node3},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
@@ -268,7 +272,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available is not schedulable, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node5},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
@@ -278,7 +283,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available does not have enough CPU, and nodeFit set to true. 0 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3, p19,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3, p19,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node6},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 0,
@@ -288,7 +294,8 @@ func TestFindDuplicatePods(t *testing.T) {
 			description: "Three pods in the `node-fit` Namespace, bound to same ReplicaSet. Only node available has enough CPU, and nodeFit set to true. 1 should be evicted.",
 			pods: []*v1.Pod{
 				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p1", "dev", nil),
-				p2, p3, p20,
+				buildTestPodWithRSOwnerRefWithNamespaceForNode1("p2", "dev", nil),
+				p3, p20,
 			},
 			nodes:                   []*v1.Node{node1, node6},
 			expectedEvictedPodCount: 1,