diff --git a/regression/clear_datastore.py b/regression/clear_datastore.py
index ef67e4181d8d..550a0eb2d81c 100644
--- a/regression/clear_datastore.py
+++ b/regression/clear_datastore.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 
 _implicit_environ._DATASET_ENV_VAR_NAME = 'GCLOUD_TESTS_DATASET_ID'
-datastore.set_defaults()
 
 
 FETCH_MAX = 20
diff --git a/regression/datastore.py b/regression/datastore.py
index ff871104162c..ae8eb9d4b43a 100644
--- a/regression/datastore.py
+++ b/regression/datastore.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 
 _implicit_environ._DATASET_ENV_VAR_NAME = 'GCLOUD_TESTS_DATASET_ID'
-datastore.set_defaults()
 
 
 class TestDatastore(unittest2.TestCase):
diff --git a/regression/populate_datastore.py b/regression/populate_datastore.py
index 32467eaf93e4..68dbc4e79516 100644
--- a/regression/populate_datastore.py
+++ b/regression/populate_datastore.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 
 _implicit_environ._DATASET_ENV_VAR_NAME = 'GCLOUD_TESTS_DATASET_ID'
-datastore.set_defaults()
 
 
 ANCESTOR = ('Book', 'GoT')