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 086dcef1c698d36919aca7056e2baad903c3051d..52b0e18ff320d4200227e96081077a29190e1a23 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Composer/Plugin/Scaffold/Functional/ScaffoldTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Composer/Plugin/Scaffold/Functional/ScaffoldTest.php
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ 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);