diff --git a/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/tut_test.go b/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/tut_test.go
index 3d45482ab..25b455ebf 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/tut_test.go
+++ b/doc/tutorial/kubernetes/tut_test.go
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	cleanup = flag.Bool("cleanup", true, "clean up generated files")
+
+	testLong = os.Getenv("CUE_LONG") != ""
 )
 
 func TestTutorial(t *testing.T) {
-	if !cuetest.Long {
+	if !testLong {
 		t.Skipf("the kubernetes tutorial can easily take half a minute")
 	}
 
@@ -272,7 +274,7 @@ func isCUE(filename string) bool {
 }
 
 func TestEval(t *testing.T) {
-	if !cuetest.Long {
+	if !testLong {
 		t.Skipf("the kubernetes tutorial can easily take half a minute")
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/cuetest/cuetest.go b/internal/cuetest/cuetest.go
index 52242aa63..4b2bb49a5 100644
--- a/internal/cuetest/cuetest.go
+++ b/internal/cuetest/cuetest.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	envLong = "CUE_LONG"
-
 	envUpdate = "CUE_UPDATE"
 
 	// envNonIssues can be set to a regular expression which indicates what
@@ -54,11 +52,6 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-// Long determines whether long tests should be run.
-// It is controlled by setting CUE_LONG to a non-empty string like "true".
-// Note that it is not the equivalent of not supplying -short.
-var Long = os.Getenv(envLong) != ""
-
 // UpdateGoldenFiles determines whether testscript scripts should update txtar
 // archives in the event of cmp failures.
 // It is controlled by setting CUE_UPDATE to a non-empty string like "true".
@@ -73,8 +66,6 @@ var FormatTxtar = os.Getenv(envFormatTxtar) != ""
 // Condition adds support for CUE-specific testscript conditions within
 // testscript scripts. Supported conditions include:
 //
-// [long] - evaluates to true when the long build tag is specified
-//
 // [golang.org/issue/N] - evaluates to true unless CUE_NON_ISSUES
 // is set to a regexp that matches the condition, i.e. golang.org/issue/N
 // in this case
@@ -90,10 +81,6 @@ func Condition(cond string) (bool, error) {
 	if isIssue {
 		return !nonIssue, nil
 	}
-	switch cond {
-	case "long":
-		return Long, nil
-	}
 	return false, fmt.Errorf("unknown condition %v", cond)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cuetest/cuetest_test.go b/internal/cuetest/cuetest_test.go
index e0fc4a220..bb217d290 100644
--- a/internal/cuetest/cuetest_test.go
+++ b/internal/cuetest/cuetest_test.go
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ func TestCondition(t *testing.T) {
 		err  string
 	}{
 		// issue cases covered by TestCheckIssueCondition
-		{
-			name: "long",
-			con:  "long",
-			want: Long, // not really testing much here
-		},
 		{
 			name: "bad condition",
 			env:  ".",