diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrClientTestBase.java b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrClientTestBase.java
index b9d76b80133..130b75c2a74 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrClientTestBase.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrClientTestBase.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ public static void beforeTest() throws Exception {
             .withServlet(new ServletHolder(SlowStreamServlet.class), SLOW_STREAM_SERVLET_REGEX)
             .withSSLConfig(sslConfig.buildServerSSLConfig())
             .build();
-
     EnvUtils.setProperty(
         ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP, ExternalPaths.SERVER_HOME.toAbsolutePath().toString());
     solrTestRule.startSolr(createTempDir(), new Properties(), jettyConfig);
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/BasicHttpSolrClientTest.java b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/BasicHttpSolrClientTest.java
index c7367bab551..27ed034997e 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/BasicHttpSolrClientTest.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/BasicHttpSolrClientTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.solr.client.solrj.apache;
 
-import static org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP;
-
 import jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.EnvUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
 import org.apache.solr.embedded.JettyConfig;
 import org.apache.solr.util.ExternalPaths;
@@ -100,8 +97,6 @@ public static void beforeTest() throws Exception {
             .withServlet(new ServletHolder(DebugServlet.class), "/debug/*")
             .withServlet(new ServletHolder(SlowStreamServlet.class), "/slowStream/*")
             .build();
-    EnvUtils.setProperty(
-        ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP, ExternalPaths.SERVER_HOME.toAbsolutePath().toString());
     solrTestRule.startSolr(createTempDir(), new Properties(), jettyConfig);
     solrTestRule.newCollection().withConfigSet(ExternalPaths.TECHPRODUCTS_CONFIGSET).create();
   }
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientBadInputTest.java b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientBadInputTest.java
index 9522bb62e48..dab995082b3 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientBadInputTest.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientBadInputTest.java
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.apache.solr.client.solrj.apache;
 
-import static org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.EnvUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.util.ExternalPaths;
 import org.apache.solr.util.SolrJettyTestRule;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -42,8 +39,6 @@ public class ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientBadInputTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void beforeTest() throws Exception {
-    EnvUtils.setProperty(
-        ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP, ExternalPaths.SERVER_HOME.toAbsolutePath().toString());
     solrTestRule.startSolr();
     solrTestRule.newCollection().withConfigSet(ExternalPaths.TECHPRODUCTS_CONFIGSET).create();
   }
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientTest.java b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientTest.java
index 804580f6c2b..d92fa6ea32a 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientTest.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/ConcurrentUpdateSolrClientTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.solr.client.solrj.apache;
 
-import static org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP;
-
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.SolrQuery;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.UpdateRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.EnvUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.SolrNamedThreadFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.embedded.JettyConfig;
@@ -139,9 +136,6 @@ public void update(
   public static void beforeTest() throws Exception {
     JettyConfig jettyConfig =
         JettyConfig.builder().withServlet(new ServletHolder(TestServlet.class), "/cuss/*").build();
-
-    EnvUtils.setProperty(
-        ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP, ExternalPaths.SERVER_HOME.toAbsolutePath().toString());
     solrTestRule.startSolr(createTempDir(), new Properties(), jettyConfig);
     solrTestRule.newCollection().withConfigSet(ExternalPaths.TECHPRODUCTS_CONFIGSET).create();
   }
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/HttpSolrClientConPoolTest.java b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/HttpSolrClientConPoolTest.java
index 1bd221afad7..a6ce5350409 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/HttpSolrClientConPoolTest.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/apache/HttpSolrClientConPoolTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.solr.client.solrj.apache;
 
-import static org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.request.UpdateRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.params.ModifiableSolrParams;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.EnvUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.ExecutorUtil;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.SolrNamedThreadFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.util.ExternalPaths;
@@ -51,8 +48,6 @@ public class HttpSolrClientConPoolTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
 
   @BeforeClass
   public static void beforeTest() throws SolrServerException, IOException {
-    EnvUtils.setProperty(
-        ALLOW_PATHS_SYSPROP, ExternalPaths.SERVER_HOME.toAbsolutePath().toString());
     solrTestRule.startSolr();
     solrTestRule.newCollection().withConfigSet(ExternalPaths.TECHPRODUCTS_CONFIGSET).create();