diff --git a/tests/testGaussianFactorGraphB.cpp b/tests/testGaussianFactorGraphB.cpp
index 9596f4af5..bf968c8d7 100644
--- a/tests/testGaussianFactorGraphB.cpp
+++ b/tests/testGaussianFactorGraphB.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ TEST(GaussianFactorGraph, optimize_Cholesky) {
   GaussianFactorGraph fg = createGaussianFactorGraph();
 
   // optimize the graph
-  VectorValues actual1 = fg.optimize(boost::none, EliminateCholesky);
   VectorValues actual = fg.optimize(EliminateCholesky);
 
   // verify
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ TEST( GaussianFactorGraph, optimize_QR )
   GaussianFactorGraph fg = createGaussianFactorGraph();
 
   // optimize the graph
-  VectorValues actual1 = fg.optimize(boost::none, EliminateQR);
   VectorValues actual = fg.optimize(EliminateQR);
 
   // verify
diff --git a/tests/testNonlinearFactorGraph.cpp b/tests/testNonlinearFactorGraph.cpp
index 290f0138e..6a7a963bc 100644
--- a/tests/testNonlinearFactorGraph.cpp
+++ b/tests/testNonlinearFactorGraph.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ TEST(NonlinearFactorGraph, UpdateCholesky) {
       }
     }
   };
-  EXPECT(assert_equal(initial, fg.updateCholesky(initial, boost::none, dampen), 1e-6));
+  EXPECT(assert_equal(initial, fg.updateCholesky(initial, dampen), 1e-6));
 }
 
 /* ************************************************************************* */