diff --git a/tests/test-remotefilelog-datapack.py b/tests/test-remotefilelog-datapack.py
--- a/tests/test-remotefilelog-datapack.py
+++ b/tests/test-remotefilelog-datapack.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
             f.write(raw)
 
         try:
-            pack = self.datapackreader(pack.path)
+            self.datapackreader(pack.path)
             self.assertTrue(False, "bad version number should have thrown")
         except RuntimeError:
             pass
diff --git a/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py b/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py
--- a/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py
+++ b/tests/test-remotefilelog-histpack.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
             f.write(raw)
 
         try:
-            pack = historypack.historypack(pack.path)
+            historypack.historypack(pack.path)
             self.assertTrue(False, "bad version number should have thrown")
         except RuntimeError:
             pass