diff --git a/config/packages/test/doctrine.yaml b/config/packages/test/doctrine.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 75b87909e..000000000
--- a/config/packages/test/doctrine.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-parameters:
-    # needed to avoid this fatal error:
-    # Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Exception\EnvParameterException:
-    # Environment variables "DATABASE_URL" are never used. Please, check your container's configuration.
-    ignore-this-parameter: '%env(DATABASE_URL)%'
-
-doctrine:
-    dbal:
-        url: 'sqlite:///var/data/blog_test.sqlite'
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
index 82aaa2b03..4d3ebb465 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml.dist
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
                Environment variable not found: "APP_SECRET".
         -->
         <env name="APP_SECRET" value="5a79a1c866efef9ca1800f971d689f3e"/>
+        <env name="DATABASE_URL" value="sqlite:///var/data/blog_test.sqlite"/>
     </php>
 
     <testsuites>