diff --git a/test/common/fixtures.py b/test/common/fixtures.py
index 001b9fc7..c93674d2 100644
--- a/test/common/fixtures.py
+++ b/test/common/fixtures.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ def cnlp_args(request):
                 "encoder_name": "roberta-base",
                 "output_dir": out_dir,
                 "overwrite_output_dir": True,
-                "cache_dir": "cache/",
                 "do_train": True,
                 "do_eval": True,
                 "do_predict": True,