diff --git a/environment_test.sh b/environment_test.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f165e3334..000000000
--- a/environment_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=${TEST_DATABASE:='postgresql://localhost/test_notification_api'}
-export SECRET_KEY='secret-key'
-export DANGEROUS_SALT='dangerous-salt'
-export NOTIFY_ENVIRONMENT='test'
-export ADMIN_CLIENT_SECRET='dev-notify-secret-key'
-export ADMIN_BASE_URL='http://localhost:6012'
-export FROM_NUMBER='from_number'
-export MMG_URL="https://api.mmg.co.uk/json/api.php"
-export MMG_API_KEY='mmg-secret-key'
-export LOADTESTING_API_KEY="loadtesting"
-export FIRETEXT_API_KEY="Firetext"
-export STATSD_PREFIX="stats-prefix"
-export NOTIFICATION_QUEUE_PREFIX='testing'
-export REDIS_URL="redis://localhost:6379/0"
-export FLASK_APP=application.py
-export FLASK_DEBUG=1
-export WERKZEUG_DEBUG_PIN=off
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
index 8f5c41561..f1668e697 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,8 @@
 # NOTE: This script expects to be run from the project root with
 # ./scripts/run_tests.sh
 
-# Use default environment vars for localhost if not already set
-
 set -o pipefail
 
-source environment_test.sh
-
 function display_result {
   RESULT=$1
   EXIT_STATUS=$2