diff --git a/tests/testcolumnview.c b/tests/testcolumnview.c
index 04f09f1ee5..79b1740cb8 100644
--- a/tests/testcolumnview.c
+++ b/tests/testcolumnview.c
@@ -771,8 +771,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   update_statusbar (GTK_STATUSBAR (statusbar));
   gtk_box_append (GTK_BOX (vbox), statusbar);
 
-  g_object_unref (filter);
-
   list = gtk_list_view_new (
              GTK_SELECTION_MODEL (gtk_single_selection_new (g_object_ref (gtk_column_view_get_columns (GTK_COLUMN_VIEW (view))))),
              gtk_builder_list_item_factory_new_from_bytes (scope, g_bytes_new_static (factory_ui, strlen (factory_ui))));