diff --git a/etc/spack/defaults/modules.yaml b/etc/spack/defaults/modules.yaml
index 5ae1b50fda..d6d245930c 100644
--- a/etc/spack/defaults/modules.yaml
+++ b/etc/spack/defaults/modules.yaml
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ modules:
       - MANPATH
     share/aclocal:
       - ACLOCAL_PATH
-    lib:
-      - LIBRARY_PATH
-    lib64:
-      - LIBRARY_PATH
-    include:
-      - C_INCLUDE_PATH
-      - CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
-      # The INCLUDE env variable specifies paths to look for
-      # .mod file for Intel Fortran compilers
-      - INCLUDE
     lib/pkgconfig:
       - PKG_CONFIG_PATH
     lib64/pkgconfig:
diff --git a/share/spack/qa/setup-env-test.sh b/share/spack/qa/setup-env-test.sh
index b22b109520..bef94dfe1f 100755
--- a/share/spack/qa/setup-env-test.sh
+++ b/share/spack/qa/setup-env-test.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ succeeds spack -m load b
 fails spack -m load -l
 # test a variable MacOS clears and one it doesn't for recursive loads
 contains "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(spack -m location -i a)/lib:$(spack -m location -i b)/lib" spack -m load --sh a
-contains "export LIBRARY_PATH=$(spack -m location -i a)/lib:$(spack -m location -i b)/lib" spack -m load --sh a
 succeeds spack -m load --only dependencies a
 succeeds spack -m load --only package a
 fails spack -m load d