diff --git a/docs/ocis/development/testing.md b/docs/ocis/development/testing.md
index 89889893b..eb5c21150 100644
--- a/docs/ocis/development/testing.md
+++ b/docs/ocis/development/testing.md
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Then run the api acceptance tests with the  following command:
 make test-acceptance-api \
 TEST_SERVER_URL=https://localhost:9200 \
 TEST_OCIS=true \
-OCIS_REVA_DATA_ROOT=/var/tmp/ocis/owncloud/ \
 SKELETON_DIR=apps/testing/data/apiSkeleton \
 DELETE_USER_DATA_CMD='rm -rf /var/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/root/* /var/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/*-*-*-*' \
 BEHAT_FILTER_TAGS='~@notToImplementOnOCIS&&~@toImplementOnOCIS'
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ If you want to work on a specific issue
     make test-acceptance-api \
     TEST_SERVER_URL=https://localhost:9200 \
     TEST_OCIS=true \
-    OCIS_REVA_DATA_ROOT=/var/tmp/ocis/owncloud/ \
     DELETE_USER_DATA_CMD='rm -rf /var/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/root/* /var/tmp/ocis/storage/users/nodes/*-*-*-*' \
     BEHAT_FEATURE='tests/acceptance/features/apiComments/comments.feature:123'
     ```