diff --git a/api/compose/django/dev-entrypoint.sh b/api/compose/django/dev-entrypoint.sh
index 416207b43..6deeebb00 100755
--- a/api/compose/django/dev-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/api/compose/django/dev-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-if [ $1 = "pytest" ]; then
-    # let pytest.ini handle it
-    unset DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
-fi
 exec "$@"