diff --git a/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py b/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
index 50d232a7c6..50c401b8c3 100644
--- a/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
+++ b/tests/functional/qemu_test/testcase.py
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ from .uncompress import uncompress
 
 class QemuBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    arch = None
-
-    workdir = None
-    log = None
-    logdir = None
-
     '''
     @params compressed: filename, Asset, or file-like object to uncompress
     @params format: optional compression format (gzip, lzma)
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_acpi_bits.py b/tests/functional/test_acpi_bits.py
index 20da435687..8e0563a97b 100755
--- a/tests/functional/test_acpi_bits.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_acpi_bits.py
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class AcpiBitsTest(QemuSystemTest): #pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attribute
 
         self._debugcon_addr = '0x403'
         self._debugcon_log = 'debugcon-log.txt'
-        self.logger = self.log
 
     def _print_log(self, log):
         self.logger.info('\nlogs from biosbits follows:')