diff --git a/ci/test/.test.yml b/ci/test/.test.yml
index b98936f4..1aac3be5 100644
--- a/ci/test/.test.yml
+++ b/ci/test/.test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   script:
     - pip3 install -e .
     - pip install inline-snapshot pytest-asyncio graphviz pytest-mock
-    - echo 'OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-fake"' > .env
     - pytest -s $TEST_PATH
   tags:
     - p40