diff --git a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4935-caching_sha2-t.env b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4935-caching_sha2-t.env
index f9e112875..4036e7d02 100644
--- a/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4935-caching_sha2-t.env
+++ b/test/tap/tests/reg_test_4935-caching_sha2-t.env
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-TAP_MYSQLUSERNAME=root
-TAP_MYSQLPASSWORD=root
-
 TAP_MYSQL8_BACKEND_HG=30
 TAP_NUM_CLIENT_THREADS=4