diff --git a/tests/loop/test_loop_guard_seed.py b/tests/loop/test_loop_guard_seed.py
index 1dec8f2b..3e717bf7 100644
--- a/tests/loop/test_loop_guard_seed.py
+++ b/tests/loop/test_loop_guard_seed.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ def test_seed_oserror_is_graceful(tmp_path, monkeypatch, capsys):
     monkeypatch.setattr(lg, "CYCLE_RESULT_FILE", tmp_path / "no_dir" / "cycle_result.json")
 
     from pathlib import Path
-    original_mkdir = Path.mkdir
 
     def failing_mkdir(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise OSError("no space left")