diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-users-controller.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-users-controller.php
index c83c59d21d..bb586134cb 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-users-controller.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-users-controller.php
@@ -1109,27 +1109,27 @@ class WP_Test_REST_Users_Controller extends WP_Test_REST_Controller_Testcase {
 	}
 
 	public function test_get_item_published_author_post() {
-		$this->author_id = $this->factory->user->create(
+		$author_id = $this->factory->user->create(
 			array(
 				'role' => 'author',
 			)
 		);
 
-		$this->post_id = $this->factory->post->create(
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create(
 			array(
-				'post_author' => $this->author_id,
+				'post_author' => $author_id,
 			)
 		);
 
 		wp_set_current_user( 0 );
 
-		$request  = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/users/%d', $this->author_id ) );
+		$request  = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/users/%d', $author_id ) );
 		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
 		$this->check_get_user_response( $response, 'embed' );
 	}
 
 	public function test_get_item_published_author_pages() {
-		$this->author_id = $this->factory->user->create(
+		$author_id = $this->factory->user->create(
 			array(
 				'role' => 'author',
 			)
@@ -1137,13 +1137,13 @@ class WP_Test_REST_Users_Controller extends WP_Test_REST_Controller_Testcase {
 
 		wp_set_current_user( 0 );
 
-		$request  = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/users/%d', $this->author_id ) );
+		$request  = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/users/%d', $author_id ) );
 		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
 		$this->assertSame( 401, $response->get_status() );
 
-		$this->post_id = $this->factory->post->create(
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create(
 			array(
-				'post_author' => $this->author_id,
+				'post_author' => $author_id,
 				'post_type'   => 'page',
 			)
 		);
@@ -1164,21 +1164,21 @@ class WP_Test_REST_Users_Controller extends WP_Test_REST_Controller_Testcase {
 	}
 
 	public function test_get_item_published_author_wrong_context() {
-		$this->author_id = $this->factory->user->create(
+		$author_id = $this->factory->user->create(
 			array(
 				'role' => 'author',
 			)
 		);
 
-		$this->post_id = $this->factory->post->create(
+		$post_id = $this->factory->post->create(
 			array(
-				'post_author' => $this->author_id,
+				'post_author' => $author_id,
 			)
 		);
 
 		wp_set_current_user( 0 );
 
-		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/users/%d', $this->author_id ) );
+		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', sprintf( '/wp/v2/users/%d', $author_id ) );
 		$request->set_param( 'context', 'edit' );
 		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
 		$this->assertErrorResponse( 'rest_user_cannot_view', $response, 401 );