diff --git a/src/runtime/export_test.go b/src/runtime/export_test.go
index 817622abd08..2f8df78e132 100644
--- a/src/runtime/export_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/export_test.go
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ func GCMask(x interface{}) (ret []byte) {
 }
 
 func RunSchedLocalQueueTest() {
-	systemstack(testSchedLocalQueue)
+	testSchedLocalQueue()
 }
 func RunSchedLocalQueueStealTest() {
-	systemstack(testSchedLocalQueueSteal)
+	testSchedLocalQueueSteal()
 }
 
 var StringHash = stringHash
diff --git a/src/runtime/proc1.go b/src/runtime/proc1.go
index 01c46a85ec8..2fe15519525 100644
--- a/src/runtime/proc1.go
+++ b/src/runtime/proc1.go
@@ -3539,13 +3539,9 @@ func testSchedLocalQueue() {
 	}
 }
 
-var pSink *p
-
 func testSchedLocalQueueSteal() {
 	p1 := new(p)
 	p2 := new(p)
-	pSink = p1 // Force to heap, too large to allocate on system stack ("G0 stack")
-	pSink = p2 // Force to heap, too large to allocate on system stack ("G0 stack")
 	gs := make([]g, len(p1.runq))
 	for i := 0; i < len(p1.runq); i++ {
 		for j := 0; j < i; j++ {