diff --git a/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py b/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py
index adba948..ecc1cf0 100644
--- a/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/shared/repositories/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ from shared.repositories.src.implementations import (
 random.seed(13)
 
 # define test environment variables
-necessary_env_vars = {
-    'MINIO_ACCESS_KEY',
-    'MINIO_SECRET_KEY',
-    'MONGO_ENDPOINT',
-}
 env_var_map = {
     'MINIO_ENDPOINT': '192.168.1.2:9000',
     'MINIO_ACCESS_KEY': '1rMQTezbALeJyOgAbYYE',