diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/LocalizableStrings.cs
index 16159aa0f..0f69a5cc8 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -55,8 +55,5 @@
 
         public const string RunSettingsArgsHelpText = @"Any extra commandline runsettings arguments that should be passed to vstest. See 'dotnet vstest --help' for available options.
                                         Example: -- RunConfiguration.ResultsDirectory=""C:\users\user\desktop\Results Directory"" MSTest.DeploymentEnabled=false";
-
-        public const string CmdResultsDirectoryDescription = @"The test results directory will be created in the specified path if it does not exist.
-                                        Example: --results-directory <PATH_TO_RESULTS_DIRECTORY>";
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/Program.cs
index 26a57f494..89d0c3595 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/Program.cs
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test
                LocalizableStrings.CmdNoBuildDescription,
                CommandOptionType.NoValue);
 
-            var resultsDirectoryOption = cmd.Option(
-                "-r|--results-directory",
-                LocalizableStrings.CmdResultsDirectoryDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-
             CommandOption verbosityOption = MSBuildForwardingApp.AddVerbosityOption(cmd);
 
             cmd.OnExecute(() =>
@@ -134,11 +129,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test
                     msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:TargetFramework={frameworkOption.Value()}");
                 }
 
-                if (resultsDirectoryOption.HasValue())
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:VSTestResultsDirectory={resultsDirectoryOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
                 if (outputOption.HasValue())
                 {
                     msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:OutputPath={outputOption.Value()}");