diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 1928b46c6a..ee680df1f1 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ M       src/chemistry/pp_waccm_mad_mam4/mo_sim_dat.F90
  - include Op2D, Op2P, and SF6
  - use scalar solver for d-region ion chemistry mechanisms (mad)
 
-M       test/system/test_driver.sh
- - use "qsub -V" on cheyenne to export user environment to batch job
-
 If there were any failures reported from running test_driver.sh on any test
 platform, and checkin with these failures has been OK'd by the gatekeeper,
 then copy the lines from the td.*.status files for the failed tests to the
diff --git a/test/system/test_driver.sh b/test/system/test_driver.sh
index 66806b43d4..3feef77558 100755
--- a/test/system/test_driver.sh
+++ b/test/system/test_driver.sh
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ if [ -n "${submit_script_cb}" ]; then
     case $hostname in
         # cheyenne
         chey* | r* )
-            batch_queue_submit='qsub -V '
+            batch_queue_submit='qsub '
 	    ;;
         *)
             echo "ERROR: machine $hostname not currently supported for batch builds"
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ if [ "${cesm_test_suite}" != "none" -a -n "${cesm_test_mach}" ]; then
       echo "cd ${script_dir}" >> ${submit_script_cime}
       echo './create_test' ${testargs} >> ${submit_script_cime}
       chmod u+x ${submit_script_cime}
-      qsub -V ${submit_script_cime}
+      qsub ${submit_script_cime}
     fi
 
     if [ "${hostname:0:6}" == "hobart" ]; then
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ if $run_cam_regression; then
   case $hostname in
     ##cheyenne
     ch* | r* )
-	qsub -V ${submit_script_cb}
+	qsub ${submit_script_cb}
 	;;
 
     ##hobart