diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Composer/Plugin/Scaffold/Functional/ScaffoldTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Composer/Plugin/Scaffold/Functional/ScaffoldTest.php
index b1bde4af935c738d6606fbb67bfb72187d8fd313..e89846066f3eea5485de5190cea724cfe89eca1b 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Composer/Plugin/Scaffold/Functional/ScaffoldTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Composer/Plugin/Scaffold/Functional/ScaffoldTest.php
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ public function testEmptyProject() {
    */
   public function testProjectThatScaffoldsEmptyProject() {
     $fixture_name = 'project-allowing-empty-fixture';
-    $is_link = FALSE;
     $result = $this->scaffoldSut($fixture_name, FALSE, FALSE);
     $this->assertStringContainsString('The allowed package fixtures/empty-fixture does not provide a file mapping for Composer Scaffold', $result->scaffoldOutput());
     $this->assertCommonDrupalAssetsWereScaffolded($result->docroot(), FALSE);