diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 28bd234a..0eeb5ac5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
       MPLBACKEND: svg
-      PYTENSOR_FLAGS: exception_verbosity=high
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b68191a0..fa63ceed 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 
 # Don't try to use C-code for the pytensor stuff when building the docs.
 # Otherwise the demo notebooks fail on readthedocs
-os.environ['PYTENSOR_FLAGS'] = 'cxx=""'
 os.environ['PYTHONWARNINGS'] = 'ignore'
 
 import asyncio