diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldWebTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldWebTest.php
index d4b1781..ff71dc5 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldWebTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/Handler/FieldWebTest.php
@@ -201,14 +201,8 @@ public function testAlterUrl() {
     $output = $id_field->theme($row);
     $this->assertSubString($output, $path, 'Make sure that the path is part of the output');
 
-    // Some generic test code adapted from the UrlTest class, which tests
-    // mostly the different options for the path.
-    global $base_url, $script_path;
-
     foreach (array(FALSE, TRUE) as $absolute) {
       // Get the expected start of the path string.
-      $base = ($absolute ? $base_url . '/' : base_path()) . $script_path;
-      $absolute_string = $absolute ? 'absolute' : NULL;
       $alter = &$id_field->options['alter'];
       $alter['path'] = 'node/123';