diff --git a/tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.test b/tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.test
index 01364af80..4c613050d 100644
--- a/tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.test
+++ b/tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.tpkg/bad_xfr_with_other_tasks.test
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 . ../common.sh
 PRE="../.."
 TPKG_NSD_CONTROL="$PRE/nsd-control"
-PRIMARY_CONTROL="$PRE/nsd-control -c primary.conf"
 SECONDARY_CONTROL="$PRE/nsd-control -c secondary.conf"
 
 wait_logfile secondary.log 'zone zone2fail.invalid serial 0 is updated to 1'