diff --git a/.github/workflows/__config-export.yml b/.github/workflows/__config-export.yml
index 86d3b8092..5a8d449bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__config-export.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__config-export.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,5 @@ jobs:
           }
           core.info('Finished config export tests.');
     env:
-      CODEQL_ACTION_EXPORT_CODE_SCANNING_CONFIG: true
       CODEQL_PASS_CONFIG_TO_CLI: true
       CODEQL_ACTION_TEST_MODE: true
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/config-export.yml b/pr-checks/checks/config-export.yml
index f4520b663..02afeffc9 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/config-export.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/config-export.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ name: "Config export"
 description: "Tests that the code scanning configuration file is exported to SARIF correctly."
 versions: ["latest", "nightly-latest"]
 env:
-  CODEQL_ACTION_EXPORT_CODE_SCANNING_CONFIG: true
   CODEQL_PASS_CONFIG_TO_CLI: true
 steps:
   - uses: ./../action/init