diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1a1f089..26502f58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-* Feat: enable FIPS mode by passing `KONG_TEST_FIPS` env variable
-  [#615](https://github.com/Kong/kong-pongo/pull/615).
-
 * Fix: properly resolve Kong-versions in case of double digits, eg. 3.4.3.12
   [#619](https://github.com/Kong/kong-pongo/pull/619).
 
diff --git a/pongo.sh b/pongo.sh
index 4233e2f2..805ce11f 100755
--- a/pongo.sh
+++ b/pongo.sh
@@ -1181,8 +1181,6 @@ function main {
     compose run --rm --use-aliases \
       -e KONG_LICENSE_DATA \
       -e KONG_TEST_DONT_CLEAN \
-      -e KONG_TEST_FIPS \
-      -e KONG_TEST_LICENSE_PATH \
       -e http_proxy \
       -e https_proxy \
       -e no_proxy \