diff --git a/run_specific_test.sh b/run_specific_test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0be8e55483dc7..0000000000000
--- a/run_specific_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-echo $DB
-rm -f .coverage
-export PYTHONPATH=./
-export SUPERSET_CONFIG=tests.superset_test_config
-set -e
-superset/bin/superset version -v
-export SOLO_TEST=1
-# e.g. tests.core_tests:CoreTests.test_templated_sql_json
-nosetests $1 $2 $3
diff --git a/tests/base_tests.py b/tests/base_tests.py
index 3c194bfe3a786..3c01f2ef0c5e7 100644
--- a/tests/base_tests.py
+++ b/tests/base_tests.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 from superset.connectors.sqla.models import SqlaTable
 from superset.models import core as models
 
-os.environ['SUPERSET_CONFIG'] = 'tests.superset_test_config'
 
 BASE_DIR = app.config.get('BASE_DIR')