diff --git a/src/test/java/typeinference/UnifyTest.java b/src/test/java/typeinference/UnifyTest.java
index cdf52330d..9e10f4d03 100644
--- a/src/test/java/typeinference/UnifyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/typeinference/UnifyTest.java
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ public class UnifyTest {
     private UnifyPair genPairListOfString(String name){
 
         PlaceholderType type1 = new PlaceholderType(name);
-        type1.setVariance(1);
         UnifyType type2 = new ReferenceType("List", new TypeParams(new ReferenceType("String")));
         UnifyPair pair1 = new UnifyPair(type2, type1, PairOperator.SMALLERDOT);