diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/deserialize.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/deserialize.cpp
index 05ca62b6fd0..b7dea44b0b2 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/deserialize.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/deserialize.cpp
@@ -36,18 +36,13 @@
 
 using node::SnapshotMetadata;
 
-namespace {
-const BasicTestingSetup* g_setup;
-} // namespace
-
 void initialize_deserialize()
 {
     static const auto testing_setup = MakeNoLogFileContext<>();
-    g_setup = testing_setup.get();
 }
 
 #define FUZZ_TARGET_DESERIALIZE(name, code)                \
-    FUZZ_TARGET(name, .init = initialize_deserialize)         \
+    FUZZ_TARGET(name, .init = initialize_deserialize)      \
     {                                                      \
         try {                                              \
             code                                           \
diff --git a/src/wallet/test/fuzz/crypter.cpp b/src/wallet/test/fuzz/crypter.cpp
index 8c2b570bc2e..c4dc61ceb6d 100644
--- a/src/wallet/test/fuzz/crypter.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/test/fuzz/crypter.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 namespace wallet {
 namespace {
 
-const TestingSetup* g_setup;
 void initialize_crypter()
 {
     static const auto testing_setup = MakeNoLogFileContext<const TestingSetup>();
-    g_setup = testing_setup.get();
 }
 
 FUZZ_TARGET(crypter, .init = initialize_crypter)