diff --git a/tests/test_dataset.py b/tests/test_dataset.py
index 8afd82b4960b4733af6b10522271e32d798cbb3f..0ec70e023a63d03f60277019f87d8b0e8bf81e24 100644
--- a/tests/test_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/test_dataset.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Simple1001TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.nHeader    = 41
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        a = 1
+        pass
 
     def testOpen(self):
         ict      = icartt.Dataset(self.fn, loadData=False)