diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/collective_nccl_reducer_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/collective_nccl_reducer_test.cc
index 7348019e056..00dfa722b57 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/collective_nccl_reducer_test.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/collective_nccl_reducer_test.cc
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class NcclReducerTest : public ::testing::Test {
   void Init(int num_ranks) {
     setenv("NCCL_DEBUG", "INFO", 1 /* replace */);
     setenv("NCCL_LAUNCH_MODE", "PARALLEL", 1 /* replace */);
-    setenv("TF_CPP_VMODULE", "nccl_manager=2", 1 /* replace */);
     InitGPUDevices();
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Device>> local_devices;
     std::vector<string> device_names;
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/nccl/nccl_manager_test.cc b/tensorflow/core/nccl/nccl_manager_test.cc
index fcca62bdea0..06564ee8020 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/nccl/nccl_manager_test.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/nccl/nccl_manager_test.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class NcclManagerTest : public ::testing::Test {
   static void SetUpTestCase() {
     setenv("NCCL_DEBUG", "INFO", 1 /* replace */);
     setenv("NCCL_LAUNCH_MODE", "PARALLEL", 1 /* replace */);
-    setenv("TF_CPP_VMODULE", "nccl_manager=2", 1 /* replace */);
     devices_ = new std::vector<std::unique_ptr<BaseGPUDevice>>(GetGPUDevices());
     LOG(INFO) << "Running test with " << devices_->size() << " gpus";
   }