diff --git a/roles/fetch-subunit-output/README.rst b/roles/fetch-subunit-output/README.rst
index 61add6f53..3659a58f0 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-subunit-output/README.rst
+++ b/roles/fetch-subunit-output/README.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ Collect subunit outputs
    to collect. The content of zuul_work_dir is always checked,
    so it should not be added here.
 
-.. zuul:rolevar:: tox_envlist
-
-   tox environment that was used to run the tests originally.
-
 .. zuul:rolevar:: zuul_use_fetch_output
    :default: false
 
diff --git a/roles/fetch-subunit-output/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-subunit-output/defaults/main.yaml
index 0b0477812..59e56317f 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-subunit-output/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-subunit-output/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-tox_envlist: ""
 fetch_subunit_output_additional_dirs: []
 zuul_work_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
 zuul_output_dir: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/zuul-output"