diff --git a/t/00-testcritic.t b/t/00-testcritic.t
index 4c7f44132a..cd3a7af71b 100755
--- a/t/00-testcritic.t
+++ b/t/00-testcritic.t
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 # This script can be used to run perlcritic on perl files in koha
-# The script is purely optional requiring Test::Perl::Critic to be installed 
-# and the environment variable TEST_QA to be set
 
 use Modern::Perl;
 use Test::More;
 use English qw(-no_match_vars);
 
-if ( not $ENV{TEST_QA} ) {
-    my $msg = 'Author test. Set $ENV{TEST_QA} to a true value to run';
-    plan( skip_all => $msg );
-}
-
 eval { require Test::Perl::Critic; };
 
 if ( $EVAL_ERROR ) {