diff --git a/tests/test-pthread-split.c b/tests/test-pthread-split.c
index 58b971b..0625ab4 100644
--- a/tests/test-pthread-split.c
+++ b/tests/test-pthread-split.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ main(void)
     int npieces  = 2; //ncores / 2;
     int nthreads = ncores;
 
+
     fprintf(stdout,"[%d] ====== Testing thread_scope_split (number of threads : %i)\n", tid, nthreads);
 
     int colors[nthreads];
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ main(void)
         colors[i] = i % npieces;
     }
 
+
     qv_scope_t **th_scopes = NULL;
     rc = qv_pthread_scope_split(
         mpi_scope, npieces, colors, nthreads, &th_scopes
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ main(void)
 
     pthread_t thid[nthreads];
     pthread_attr_t *attr = NULL;
+
     for (int i = 0 ; i < nthreads; ++i) {
         const int ptrc = qv_pthread_create(
             &thid[i], attr, thread_work, &thargs[i], th_scopes[i]
@@ -150,16 +153,6 @@ main(void)
         qvi_test_panic("%s (rc=%s)", ers, qv_strerr(rc));
     }
 
-
-    rc = qv_scope_free(mpi_scope);
-    if (rc != QV_SUCCESS) {
-        ers = "qv_scope_free() failed";
-        qvi_test_panic("%s (rc=%s)", ers, qv_strerr(rc));
-    }
-
-    //MPI_Finalize();
-    //exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-
     //Test qv_pthread_scope_split_at
     nthreads = 2 * ncores;