diff --git a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go
index d4a2738f36..c048e8ac9b 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine_test.go
@@ -459,9 +459,7 @@ func TestAccVSphereVirtualMachine_createWithCdrom(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAccVSphereVirtualMachine_createWithExistingVmdk(t *testing.T) {
 	vmdk_path := os.Getenv("VSPHERE_VMDK_PATH")
-	gateway := os.Getenv("VSPHERE_IPV4_GATEWAY")
 	label := os.Getenv("VSPHERE_NETWORK_LABEL")
-	ip_address := os.Getenv("VSPHERE_IPV4_ADDRESS")
 
 	var vm virtualMachine
 	var locationOpt string
@@ -489,10 +487,7 @@ func TestAccVSphereVirtualMachine_createWithExistingVmdk(t *testing.T) {
 				Config: fmt.Sprintf(
 					testAccCheckVSphereVirtualMachineConfig_withExistingVmdk,
 					locationOpt,
-					gateway,
 					label,
-					ip_address,
-					gateway,
 					datastoreOpt,
 					vmdk_path,
 				),
@@ -1078,12 +1073,8 @@ resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "with_existing_vmdk" {
 %s
     vcpu = 2
     memory = 4096
-    gateway = "%s"
     network_interface {
         label = "%s"
-        ipv4_address = "%s"
-        ipv4_prefix_length = 24
-        ipv4_gateway = "%s"
     }
     disk {
 %s