diff --git a/java/private/java_test_suite.bzl b/java/private/java_test_suite.bzl
index 72992897..9416ed29 100644
--- a/java/private/java_test_suite.bzl
+++ b/java/private/java_test_suite.bzl
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def java_test_suite(
         define_library = _define_library,
         # Default to bazel's default test runner if we don't know what people want
         define_test = _TEST_GENERATORS.get(runner, _define_junit4_test),
-        runner = runner,
         deps = deps,
         runtime_deps = runtime_deps,
         size = size,
diff --git a/java/test/com/github/bazel_contrib/contrib_rules_jvm/junit5/suite_tags/java_test_suite.bzl b/java/test/com/github/bazel_contrib/contrib_rules_jvm/junit5/suite_tags/java_test_suite.bzl
index 5a33a42d..70301780 100644
--- a/java/test/com/github/bazel_contrib/contrib_rules_jvm/junit5/suite_tags/java_test_suite.bzl
+++ b/java/test/com/github/bazel_contrib/contrib_rules_jvm/junit5/suite_tags/java_test_suite.bzl
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def java_test_suite(
         package = package,
         define_test = _define_junit5_test,
         define_library = _define_library,
-        runner = runner,
         duplicate_test_name = name,
         **kwargs
     )