diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
index 8160c852d7..d7ac343dbf 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/tests/test_instrumentation.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def test_poll(self) -> None:
                 "auto.offset.reset": "earliest",
             },
         )
-        span_list = self.memory_exporter.clear()
+        self.memory_exporter.clear()
         consumer = instrumentation.instrument_consumer(consumer)
         consumer.poll()
         consumer.poll()
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def test_consume(self) -> None:
             },
         )
 
-        span_list = self.memory_exporter.clear()
+        self.memory_exporter.clear()
         consumer = instrumentation.instrument_consumer(consumer)
         consumer.consume(3)
         consumer.consume(1)