diff --git a/_local_envs_for_test.sh b/_local_envs_for_test.sh
index 098d87d8..829fd8cf 100644
--- a/_local_envs_for_test.sh
+++ b/_local_envs_for_test.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export VLLM_SPYRE_DYNAMO_BACKEND=eager
 # This makes debugging easy on local setup
 export VLLM_ENABLE_V1_MULTIPROCESSING=0
 
-export VLLM_SPYRE_TEST_BACKEND_LIST=eager
 # We have to use `HF_HUB_OFFLINE=1` otherwise vllm might try to download a
 # different version of the model using HF API which might not work locally
 export HF_HUB_OFFLINE=1
diff --git a/tests/spyre_util.py b/tests/spyre_util.py
index 8e95212a..203edbed 100644
--- a/tests/spyre_util.py
+++ b/tests/spyre_util.py
@@ -197,14 +197,12 @@ def get_spyre_model_dir_path() -> Path:
     return Path(model_dir_path)
 
 
-# get model backends from env or default to all and add pytest markers
+# add pytest markers to supported different backends
 def get_spyre_backend_list():
-    user_backend_list = os.environ.get("VLLM_SPYRE_TEST_BACKEND_LIST",
-                                       "eager,inductor,sendnn")
+    backend_list = ["eager", "inductor", "sendnn"]
 
     backends = []
-    for backend in user_backend_list.split(","):
-        backend = backend.strip()
+    for backend in backend_list:
         marks = []
         if backend == "eager":
             marks = [pytest.mark.cpu]
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_spyre_backend_list.py b/tests/utils/test_spyre_backend_list.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b818c0a..00000000
--- a/tests/utils/test_spyre_backend_list.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-from spyre_util import get_spyre_backend_list
-
-
-@pytest.mark.utils
-@pytest.mark.cpu
-def test_get_spyre_backend_list(monkeypatch):
-    '''
-    Ensure we return the backend list correctly
-    '''
-    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
-        m.setenv("VLLM_SPYRE_TEST_BACKEND_LIST", "eager,inductor,sendnn")
-        backend_list = get_spyre_backend_list()
-        assert backend_list[0].values[0] == "eager"
-        assert backend_list[1].values[0] == "inductor"
-        assert backend_list[2].values[0] == "sendnn"
-
-    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
-        m.setenv("VLLM_SPYRE_TEST_BACKEND_LIST", "sendnn")
-        backend_list = get_spyre_backend_list()
-        assert backend_list[0].values[0] == "sendnn"