diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
index 2788554d..1f9522b7 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
@@ -317,13 +317,6 @@ echo "Pipeline: $ZUUL_PIPELINE"
 
 setup_host &> $WORKSPACE/logs/devstack-gate-setup-host.txt
 
-# We want to run the full tempest test suite for
-# new commits to Tempest, and the smoke test suite
-# for commits to the core projects
-if [[ $ZUUL_PROJECT == "openstack/tempest" ]]; then
-  export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_FULL=1
-fi
-
 export COVERAGE_OUT=$WORKSPACE/logs/coverage-report
 
 # Run the test