diff --git a/t/t3412-rebase-root.sh b/t/t3412-rebase-root.sh
index 57a3cad2d93..5869061c5bf 100755
--- a/t/t3412-rebase-root.sh
+++ b/t/t3412-rebase-root.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ Tests if git rebase --root --onto <newparent> can rebase the root commit.
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 . ./test-lib.sh
 
-# we always run the interactive rebases unchanged, so just disable the editor
-GIT_EDITOR=:
-export GIT_EDITOR
-
 log_with_names () {
 	git rev-list --topo-order --parents --pretty="tformat:%s" HEAD |
 	git name-rev --stdin --name-only --refs=refs/heads/$1