diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
index 8c8694f21e7dfe..a817af6616ec96 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ cout=""
 ksft_skip=4
 timeout_poll=30
 timeout_test=$((timeout_poll * 2 + 1))
-mptcp_connect=""
 iptables="iptables"
 ip6tables="ip6tables"