diff --git a/tests/server/mqttd.c b/tests/server/mqttd.c
index 2fc3a5f94a..46760b94dd 100644
--- a/tests/server/mqttd.c
+++ b/tests/server/mqttd.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ struct configurable {
 
 static struct configurable config;
 
-const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
 static const char *configfile = DEFAULT_CONFIG;
 static const char *logdir = "log";
 static char loglockfile[256];
diff --git a/tests/server/resolve.c b/tests/server/resolve.c
index 56964e03a9..0a0c884b94 100644
--- a/tests/server/resolve.c
+++ b/tests/server/resolve.c
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
 static bool use_ipv6 = FALSE;
 static const char *ipv_inuse = "IPv4";
 
-const char *serverlogfile = ""; /* for a util.c function we don't use */
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   int arg = 1;
diff --git a/tests/server/rtspd.c b/tests/server/rtspd.c
index 181568395f..47f52afa46 100644
--- a/tests/server/rtspd.c
+++ b/tests/server/rtspd.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static void storerequest(char *reqbuf, size_t totalsize);
 #define DEFAULT_LOGFILE "log/rtspd.log"
 #endif
 
-const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
 static const char *logdir = "log";
 static char loglockfile[256];
 
diff --git a/tests/server/sockfilt.c b/tests/server/sockfilt.c
index 18f75a5236..90b7b5568b 100644
--- a/tests/server/sockfilt.c
+++ b/tests/server/sockfilt.c
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@
   test 1003 which tests exceedingly large server response lines */
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 17010
 
-const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
-
 static bool verbose = FALSE;
 static bool bind_only = FALSE;
 #ifdef USE_IPV6
diff --git a/tests/server/socksd.c b/tests/server/socksd.c
index 92b261454e..7b3b32cd12 100644
--- a/tests/server/socksd.c
+++ b/tests/server/socksd.c
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ struct configurable {
 
 static struct configurable config;
 
-const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
 static const char *reqlogfile = DEFAULT_REQFILE;
 static const char *configfile = DEFAULT_CONFIG;
 
diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index fa83bc6a9a..f65bdd5f92 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ static void storerequest(const char *reqbuf, size_t totalsize);
 #define DEFAULT_LOGFILE "log/sws.log"
 #endif
 
-const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
 static const char *logdir = "log";
 static char loglockfile[256];
 
diff --git a/tests/server/tftpd.c b/tests/server/tftpd.c
index 93f6537c6d..28542b15ef 100644
--- a/tests/server/tftpd.c
+++ b/tests/server/tftpd.c
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ static bool use_ipv6 = FALSE;
 #endif
 static const char *ipv_inuse = "IPv4";
 
-const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
 static const char *logdir = "log";
 static char loglockfile[256];
 static const char *pidname = ".tftpd.pid";
diff --git a/tests/server/util.c b/tests/server/util.c
index d9f6d2162a..62934233ca 100644
--- a/tests/server/util.c
+++ b/tests/server/util.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 #define EINVAL  22 /* errno.h value */
 #endif
 
+const char *serverlogfile = DEFAULT_LOGFILE;
+
 static struct timeval tvnow(void);
 
 /* This function returns a pointer to STATIC memory. It converts the given