diff --git a/config/cmake_ext_mod/CTestCustom.cmake b/config/cmake_ext_mod/CTestCustom.cmake
index 025bce4b3d..0111befbdb 100644
--- a/config/cmake_ext_mod/CTestCustom.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake_ext_mod/CTestCustom.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set (CTEST_CUSTOM_MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_WARNINGS 3000)
- 
+
 set (CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION
     ${CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION}
     "note.*expected.*void.*but argument is of type.*volatile"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set (CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION
     "warning.*implicit declaration of function"
     "note: expanded from macro"
 )
- 
+
 set (CTEST_CUSTOM_MEMCHECK_IGNORE
     ${CTEST_CUSTOM_MEMCHECK_IGNORE}
 )
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c b/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c
index 022e3909b4..dd6a61aba3 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c
@@ -162,8 +162,4 @@ print_version(const char *progname)
            H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE[0] ? "-" : "", H5_VERS_SUBRELEASE);
 }
 
-#ifdef H5_HAVE_PARALLEL
-MPI_Info    h5_io_info_g=MPI_INFO_NULL;/* MPI INFO object for IO */
-#endif
-