t/edit.t | 1 -

diff --git a/t/edit.t b/t/edit.t
index 02df6cda68e3d75f3899becc227b62c1935a4d11..122aa19f0b745d6d1dcd50632b57f718300553b8 100644
--- a/t/edit.t
+++ b/t/edit.t
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ 			"$^X -i -p -e 's/boolean prefix/bool pfx/'");
 	is($rc, 0, 'set publicinbox.mailEditor');
 	local $ENV{MAIL_EDITOR};
 	delete $ENV{MAIL_EDITOR};
-	delete local $ENV{MAIL_EDITOR};
 	local $ENV{GIT_EDITOR} = 'echo should not run';
 	$cmd = [ '-edit', "-m$mid", $inboxdir ];
 	ok(run_script($cmd, undef, $opt), "$t edited message");