diff --git a/tests/check/meson.build b/tests/check/meson.build
index 7aa6dcaa35..4d7699eb03 100644
--- a/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ if build_gir
     env.set('CK_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT', '20')
     env.set('GST_REGISTRY', '@0@/@1@.registry'.format(meson.current_build_dir(), 'scenarios'))
     env.set('GST_PLUGIN_PATH_1_0', [meson.build_root()] + pluginsdirs)
-    env.set('GST_VALIDATE_LOGSDIR', meson.current_build_dir() / scenario)
     env.set('GI_TYPELIB_PATH', meson.current_build_dir() / '..' / '..' / 'ges')
 
     test('pythontests', runtests, args: ['--pyunittest-dir', meson.current_source_dir(), 'pyunittest', '--dump-on-failure'],