diff --git a/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkImageToImageMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx b/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkImageToImageMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx
index a9253ee2c23..583b69cb087 100644
--- a/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkImageToImageMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkImageToImageMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ ImageToImageMetricv4RegistrationTestRun(typename TMetric::Pointer  metric,
 
   typename TImage::PointType origin{};
 
-  typename TImage::DirectionType direction;
-  direction.Fill(itk::NumericTraits<CoordinateRepresentationType>::OneValue());
-
   auto fixedImageSource = GaussianImageSourceType::New();
 
   fixedImageSource->SetSize(size);
diff --git a/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkObjectToObjectMultiMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx b/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkObjectToObjectMultiMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx
index 4737b6c66d8..b54e7f7bf95 100644
--- a/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkObjectToObjectMultiMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Registration/Metricsv4/test/itkObjectToObjectMultiMetricv4RegistrationTest.cxx
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ ObjectToObjectMultiMetricv4RegistrationTestCreateImages(typename TImage::Pointer
 
   typename TImage::PointType origin{};
 
-  typename TImage::DirectionType direction;
-  direction.Fill(itk::NumericTraits<CoordinateRepresentationType>::OneValue());
-
   auto fixedImageSource = GaussianImageSourceType::New();
 
   fixedImageSource->SetSize(size);