diff --git a/tests/alerts/geomodel/test_locality.py b/tests/alerts/geomodel/test_locality.py
index c12d7982d..af322109d 100644
--- a/tests/alerts/geomodel/test_locality.py
+++ b/tests/alerts/geomodel/test_locality.py
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ def test_remove_outdated_removes_old_localities(self):
                 radius=50)
         ]
 
-        new_localities = locality.remove_outdated(test_state, 5)
+        new_localities = locality.remove_outdated(test_localities, 5)
 
         assert len(test_localities) == 2
         assert len(new_localities) == 1