diff --git a/buildspec-pr.yaml b/buildspec-pr.yaml
index 47428b8c7bb0d..07de3486b6d92 100644
--- a/buildspec-pr.yaml
+++ b/buildspec-pr.yaml
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@ version: 0.2
 
 # This buildspec is intended to be used by GitHub PR builds.
 
-env:
-  variables:
-    # Update package.json with "exclude" statements for all failing rules.
-    # Whenever a new attribute to any resource in the CFN spec, by default
-    # awslint will block the build because the attribute does not exist in 
-    # the corresponding L2 ('resource-attribute' rule). By ignoring it
-    # automatically, we save on-call time, and users who have lived without
-    # this attribute so far can wait for a bit longer.
-    AWSLINT_SAVE: "true"
-
 phases:
   install:
     commands: