diff --git a/test/functional/plugin/lsp/diagnostic_spec.lua b/test/functional/plugin/lsp/diagnostic_spec.lua
index 42c7f0bbf4..94f2a59af0 100644
--- a/test/functional/plugin/lsp/diagnostic_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/plugin/lsp/diagnostic_spec.lua
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ describe('vim.lsp.diagnostic', function()
           },
           handlers = {
             ['textDocument/diagnostic'] = function(_, _, callback)
-              _G.params = params
               _G.requests = _G.requests + 1
               callback(nil, {
                 kind = 'full',