diff --git a/internal/lsp/cmd/check_test.go b/internal/lsp/cmd/check_test.go
index 9f77e820..0665b4b7 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/cmd/check_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/cmd/check_test.go
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ func (l diagnostics) test(t *testing.T, e *packagestest.Exported) {
 		if len(want) == 1 && want[0].Message == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		args := []string{}
-		if *internalPipe {
-			args = append(args, "-remote=internal")
-		}
+		args := []string{"-remote=internal"}
 		args = append(args, "check", fname)
 		app := &cmd.Application{}
 		app.Config = *e.Config
diff --git a/internal/lsp/cmd/cmd_test.go b/internal/lsp/cmd/cmd_test.go
index b67866ea..8a565871 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package cmd_test
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ const (
 	expectedFormatCount      = 4
 )
 
-var internalPipe = flag.Bool("pipe", false, "connect the command line client to a server through a pipe")
-
 func TestCommandLine(t *testing.T) {
 	packagestest.TestAll(t, testCommandLine)
 }