diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index 2af69c6b5e..a0d0840263 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -417,18 +417,6 @@ IP Version
       can be configured with any valid IPv6 prefix. The default values make
       use of an auto-generated ``IPV6_GLOBAL_ID`` to comply with RFC 4193.*
 
-Unit tests dependencies install
--------------------------------
-
-    | *Default: ``INSTALL_TESTONLY_PACKAGES=False``*
-    |  In order to be able to run unit tests with script ``run_test.sh``,
-       the required package dependencies need to be installed.
-       Setting this option as below does the work.
-
-    ::
-
-        INSTALL_TESTONLY_PACKAGES=True
-
 Examples
 ========
 
diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index 9bad981ab1..0f80e98f43 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -909,8 +909,6 @@ function get_packages {
     local file_to_parse=""
     local service=""
 
-    INSTALL_TESTONLY_PACKAGES=$(trueorfalse False INSTALL_TESTONLY_PACKAGES)
-
     if [[ -z "$package_dir" ]]; then
         echo "No package directory supplied"
         return 1
diff --git a/inc/python b/inc/python
index d00eb0cd1f..39684b6fc5 100644
--- a/inc/python
+++ b/inc/python
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function get_python_exec_prefix {
 }
 
 # Wrapper for ``pip install`` to set cache and proxy environment variables
-# Uses globals ``INSTALL_TESTONLY_PACKAGES``, ``OFFLINE``, ``PIP_VIRTUAL_ENV``,
+# Uses globals ``OFFLINE``, ``PIP_VIRTUAL_ENV``,
 # ``PIP_UPGRADE``, ``TRACK_DEPENDS``, ``*_proxy``
 # pip_install package [package ...]
 function pip_install {