diff --git a/tests/aliby/network/extraction/test_base.py b/tests/aliby/network/extraction/test_base.py
index 9a6566a8a89071e7ad018fe4076581cc2cef1b50..1e243070de3634dcd5a5e41136254b242a50274b 100644
--- a/tests/aliby/network/extraction/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/aliby/network/extraction/test_base.py
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ from extraction.core.functions.loaders import (
 from extraction import local_data_loaders as data
 from importlib_resources import files
 
-# FUTURETODO can be replaced by importlib.resources.files('aliby') after upgrading to 3.11
-files_dir = files("aliby")
-data_dir = files_dir.parent.parent / "tests" / "agora" / "data"
-
-
 dsets1z = data.load_1z()
 dsets = data.load()
 masks = [d["segoutlines"] for d in dsets1z]