diff --git a/tests/test_text_processing.py b/tests/test_text_processing.py
index 2ea8e8f9..774ac0aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_text_processing.py
+++ b/tests/test_text_processing.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import os
 # pylint: disable=unused-wildcard-import
 # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
 # pylint: disable=unused-import
-import unittest
 from tests import get_tests_input_path
 from TTS.tts.utils.text import *
 from tests import get_tests_path
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ def test_phoneme_to_sequence():
     lang = "en-us"
     sequence = phoneme_to_sequence(text, text_cleaner, lang)
     text_hat = sequence_to_phoneme(sequence)
-    sequence_with_params = phoneme_to_sequence(text, text_cleaner, lang, tp=conf.characters)
+    _ = phoneme_to_sequence(text, text_cleaner, lang, tp=conf.characters)
     text_hat_with_params = sequence_to_phoneme(sequence, tp=conf.characters)
     gt = 'ɹiːsənt ɹᵻsɜːtʃ æt hɑːɹvɚd hɐz ʃoʊn mɛdᵻteɪɾɪŋ fɔːɹ æz lɪɾəl æz eɪt wiːks kæn æktʃuːəli ɪŋkɹiːs, ðə ɡɹeɪ mæɾɚɹ ɪnðə pɑːɹts ʌvðə bɹeɪn ɹᵻspɑːnsᵻbəl fɔːɹ ɪmoʊʃənəl ɹɛɡjʊleɪʃən ænd lɜːnɪŋ!'
     assert text_hat == text_hat_with_params == gt