diff --git a/dlls/msscript.ocx/tests/msscript.c b/dlls/msscript.ocx/tests/msscript.c
index 4f43764234c..756c21d887b 100644
--- a/dlls/msscript.ocx/tests/msscript.c
+++ b/dlls/msscript.ocx/tests/msscript.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ DEFINE_GUID(GUID_NULL,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0);
 #define TESTSCRIPT_CLSID "{178fc164-f585-4e24-9c13-4bb7faf80746}"
 static const GUID CLSID_TestScript =
     {0x178fc164,0xf585,0x4e24,{0x9c,0x13,0x4b,0xb7,0xfa,0xf8,0x07,0x46}};
-static const WCHAR vbW[] = {'V','B','S','c','r','i','p','t',0};
 
 #ifdef _WIN64
 
@@ -1371,9 +1370,6 @@ static void test_olecontrol(void)
 
 static void test_Language(void)
 {
-    static const WCHAR jsW[] = {'J','S','c','r','i','p','t',0};
-    static const WCHAR vb2W[] = {'v','B','s','c','r','i','p','t',0};
-    static const WCHAR dummyW[] = {'d','u','m','m','y',0};
     IScriptControl *sc;
     HRESULT hr;
     BSTR str;
@@ -1390,39 +1386,39 @@ static void test_Language(void)
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     ok(str == NULL, "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vbW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"VBScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vb2W);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"vBscript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
 
     hr = IScriptControl_get_Language(sc, &str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
-    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, vbW), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
+    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, L"VBScript"), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
     SysFreeString(str);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(dummyW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"dummy");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == CTL_E_INVALIDPROPERTYVALUE, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
 
     hr = IScriptControl_get_Language(sc, &str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
-    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, vbW), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
+    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, L"VBScript"), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
     SysFreeString(str);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(jsW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"JScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
 
     hr = IScriptControl_get_Language(sc, &str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
-    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, jsW), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
+    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, L"JScript"), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
     SysFreeString(str);
 
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, NULL);
@@ -1436,8 +1432,6 @@ static void test_Language(void)
 
     /* custom script engine */
     if (have_custom_engine) {
-        static const WCHAR testscriptW[] = {'t','e','s','t','s','c','r','i','p','t',0};
-
         hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_ScriptControl, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER|CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER,
                 &IID_IScriptControl, (void**)&sc);
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
@@ -1448,7 +1442,7 @@ static void test_Language(void)
         SET_EXPECT(QI_IActiveScriptParse);
         SET_EXPECT(InitNew);
 
-        str = SysAllocString(testscriptW);
+        str = SysAllocString(L"testscript");
         hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
         SysFreeString(str);
@@ -1462,7 +1456,7 @@ static void test_Language(void)
     todo_wine
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
      if (hr == S_OK)
-        ok(!lstrcmpW(testscriptW, str), "%s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
+        ok(!lstrcmpW(L"testscript", str), "%s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
         SysFreeString(str);
 
         IActiveScriptSite_Release(site);
@@ -1687,7 +1681,7 @@ static void test_timeout(void)
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     ok(val == 0, "got %d\n", val);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vbW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"VBScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
@@ -1716,7 +1710,7 @@ static void test_Reset(void)
     hr = IScriptControl_Reset(sc);
     ok(hr == E_FAIL, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vbW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"VBScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
@@ -1726,15 +1720,13 @@ static void test_Reset(void)
 
     hr = IScriptControl_get_Language(sc, &str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
-    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, vbW), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
+    ok(!lstrcmpW(str, L"VBScript"), "got %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(str));
     SysFreeString(str);
 
     IScriptControl_Release(sc);
 
     /* custom script engine */
     if (have_custom_engine) {
-        static const WCHAR testscriptW[] = {'t','e','s','t','s','c','r','i','p','t',0};
-
         hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_ScriptControl, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER|CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER,
                 &IID_IScriptControl, (void**)&sc);
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
@@ -1745,7 +1737,7 @@ static void test_Reset(void)
         SET_EXPECT(QI_IActiveScriptParse);
         SET_EXPECT(InitNew);
 
-        str = SysAllocString(testscriptW);
+        str = SysAllocString(L"testscript");
         hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
         SysFreeString(str);
@@ -1833,7 +1825,6 @@ static IDispatch testdisp = { &dispvtbl };
 
 static void test_AddObject(void)
 {
-    static const WCHAR oW[] = {'o',0};
     IScriptControl *sc;
     BSTR str, objname;
     HRESULT hr;
@@ -1842,14 +1833,14 @@ static void test_AddObject(void)
             &IID_IScriptControl, (void**)&sc);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
-    objname = SysAllocString(oW);
+    objname = SysAllocString(L"o");
     hr = IScriptControl_AddObject(sc, objname, NULL, VARIANT_FALSE);
     ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
     hr = IScriptControl_AddObject(sc, objname, &testdisp, VARIANT_FALSE);
     ok(hr == E_FAIL, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vbW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"VBScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
@@ -1867,8 +1858,6 @@ static void test_AddObject(void)
 
     /* custom script engine */
     if (have_custom_engine) {
-        static const WCHAR testscriptW[] = {'t','e','s','t','s','c','r','i','p','t',0};
-
         hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_ScriptControl, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER|CLSCTX_INPROC_HANDLER,
                 &IID_IScriptControl, (void**)&sc);
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
@@ -1879,7 +1868,7 @@ static void test_AddObject(void)
         SET_EXPECT(QI_IActiveScriptParse);
         SET_EXPECT(InitNew);
 
-        str = SysAllocString(testscriptW);
+        str = SysAllocString(L"testscript");
         hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
         ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
         SysFreeString(str);
@@ -2122,7 +2111,7 @@ static void test_UseSafeSubset(void)
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     ok(use_safe_subset == VARIANT_TRUE, "got %d\n", use_safe_subset);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vbW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"VBScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);
@@ -2239,7 +2228,7 @@ static void test_State(void)
     hr = IScriptControl_put_State(sc, Connected);
     ok(hr == E_FAIL, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
 
-    str = SysAllocString(vbW);
+    str = SysAllocString(L"VBScript");
     hr = IScriptControl_put_Language(sc, str);
     ok(hr == S_OK, "got 0x%08x\n", hr);
     SysFreeString(str);