diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
index ab894f899..cd7881432 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
@@ -205,23 +205,23 @@ steps:
   # Runtime tests.
   - <<: *common
     label: ":php: PHP runtime tests"
-    command: make php7.3.6-runtime-tests_vfs2
+    command: make php7.3.6-runtime-tests
     parallelism: 10
   - <<: *common
     label: ":java: Java runtime tests"
-    command: make java11-runtime-tests_vfs2
+    command: make java11-runtime-tests
     parallelism: 40
   - <<: *common
     label: ":golang: Go runtime tests"
-    command: make go1.12-runtime-tests_vfs2
+    command: make go1.12-runtime-tests
     parallelism: 10
   - <<: *common
     label: ":node: NodeJS runtime tests"
-    command: make nodejs12.4.0-runtime-tests_vfs2
+    command: make nodejs12.4.0-runtime-tests
     parallelism: 10
   - <<: *common
     label: ":python: Python runtime tests"
-    command: make python3.7.3-runtime-tests_vfs2
+    command: make python3.7.3-runtime-tests
     parallelism: 10
 
   # ARM tests.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4dc9a10ba..3544e959e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -158,9 +158,8 @@ dev: $(RUNTIME_BIN) ## Installs a set of local runtimes. Requires sudo.
 	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME),--net-raw)
 	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-d,--net-raw --debug --strace --log-packets)
 	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-p,--net-raw --profile)
-	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-vfs2-d,--net-raw --debug --strace --log-packets --vfs2)
-	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-vfs2-fuse-d,--net-raw --debug --strace --log-packets --vfs2 --fuse)
-	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-vfs2-cgroup-d,--net-raw --debug --strace --log-packets --vfs2 --cgroupfs)
+	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-fuse-d,--net-raw --debug --strace --log-packets --fuse)
+	@$(call configure_noreload,$(RUNTIME)-cgroup-d,--net-raw --debug --strace --log-packets --cgroupfs)
 	@$(call reload_docker)
 .PHONY: dev
 
@@ -235,10 +234,6 @@ packetimpact-tests:
 	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),) # Ensure flags are cleared.
 	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--test_timeout=10800 //test/runtimes:$*)
 
-%-runtime-tests_vfs2: load-runtimes_% $(RUNTIME_BIN)
-	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--vfs2)
-	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--test_timeout=10800 //test/runtimes:$*)
-
 do-tests: $(RUNTIME_BIN)
 	@$(RUNTIME_BIN) --rootless do true
 	@$(RUNTIME_BIN) --rootless -network=none do true
@@ -262,8 +257,6 @@ INTEGRATION_TARGETS := //test/image:image_test //test/e2e:integration_test
 docker-tests: load-basic $(RUNTIME_BIN)
 	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),) # Clear flags.
 	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),$(INTEGRATION_TARGETS))
-	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--vfs2)
-	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),$(INTEGRATION_TARGETS))
 .PHONY: docker-tests
 
 overlay-tests: load-basic $(RUNTIME_BIN)
@@ -306,7 +299,7 @@ packetdrill-tests: load-packetdrill $(RUNTIME_BIN)
 .PHONY: packetdrill-tests
 
 fsstress-test: load-basic $(RUNTIME_BIN)
-	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--vfs2)
+	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME))
 	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),//test/fsstress:fsstress_test)
 .PHONY: fsstress-test
 
diff --git a/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go b/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go
index 83d58c780..31216ae9a 100644
--- a/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go
+++ b/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 	// runtime is the runtime to use for tests. This will be applied to all
 	// containers. Note that the default here ("runsc") corresponds to the
 	// default used by the installations.
-	runtime = flag.String("runtime", "runsc", "specify which runtime to use")
+	runtime = flag.String("runtime", os.Getenv("RUNTIME"), "specify which runtime to use")
 
 	// config is the default Docker daemon configuration path.
 	config = flag.String("config_path", "/etc/docker/daemon.json", "configuration file for reading paths")
@@ -91,27 +92,6 @@ func RuntimePath() (string, error) {
 	return p, nil
 }
 
-// UsingVFS2 returns true if the 'runtime' has the vfs2 flag set.
-// TODO(gvisor.dev/issue/1624): Remove.
-func UsingVFS2() (bool, error) {
-	rMap, err := runtimeMap()
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	list, ok := rMap["runtimeArgs"].([]interface{})
-	if !ok {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("unexpected format: %v", rMap)
-	}
-
-	for _, element := range list {
-		if element == "--vfs2" {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return false, nil
-}
-
 func runtimeMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	// Read the configuration data; the file must exist.
 	configBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*config)
diff --git a/test/e2e/integration_test.go b/test/e2e/integration_test.go
index aa69f893c..1003e0209 100644
--- a/test/e2e/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/integration_test.go
@@ -469,12 +469,6 @@ func TestTmpMount(t *testing.T) {
 // Test that it is allowed to mount a file on top of /dev files, e.g.
 // /dev/random.
 func TestMountOverDev(t *testing.T) {
-	if vfs2, err := dockerutil.UsingVFS2(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to read config for runtime %s: %v", dockerutil.Runtime(), err)
-	} else if !vfs2 {
-		t.Skip("VFS1 doesn't allow /dev/random to be mounted.")
-	}
-
 	random, err := ioutil.TempFile(testutil.TmpDir(), "random")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("ioutil.TempFile() failed:", err)
@@ -603,22 +597,10 @@ func TestPing6Loopback(t *testing.T) {
 // can always delete its file when the file is inside a sticky directory owned
 // by another user.
 func TestStickyDir(t *testing.T) {
-	if vfs2Used, err := dockerutil.UsingVFS2(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to read config for runtime %s: %v", dockerutil.Runtime(), err)
-	} else if !vfs2Used {
-		t.Skip("sticky bit test fails on VFS1.")
-	}
-
 	runIntegrationTest(t, nil, "./test_sticky")
 }
 
 func TestHostFD(t *testing.T) {
-	if vfs2Used, err := dockerutil.UsingVFS2(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to read config for runtime %s: %v", dockerutil.Runtime(), err)
-	} else if !vfs2Used {
-		t.Skip("test fails on VFS1.")
-	}
-
 	runIntegrationTest(t, nil, "./host_fd")
 }
 
@@ -664,12 +646,6 @@ func TestBindOverlay(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStdios(t *testing.T) {
-	if vfs2, err := dockerutil.UsingVFS2(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to read config for runtime %s: %v", dockerutil.Runtime(), err)
-	} else if !vfs2 {
-		t.Skip("VFS1 doesn't adjust stdios user")
-	}
-
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	d := dockerutil.MakeContainer(ctx, t)
 	defer d.CleanUp(ctx)
@@ -685,12 +661,6 @@ func TestStdios(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStdiosExec(t *testing.T) {
-	if vfs2, err := dockerutil.UsingVFS2(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to read config for runtime %s: %v", dockerutil.Runtime(), err)
-	} else if !vfs2 {
-		t.Skip("VFS1 doesn't adjust stdios user")
-	}
-
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	d := dockerutil.MakeContainer(ctx, t)
 	defer d.CleanUp(ctx)
@@ -748,12 +718,6 @@ func testStdios(t *testing.T, run func(string, ...string) (string, error)) {
 }
 
 func TestStdiosChown(t *testing.T) {
-	if vfs2, err := dockerutil.UsingVFS2(); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to read config for runtime %s: %v", dockerutil.Runtime(), err)
-	} else if !vfs2 {
-		t.Skip("VFS1 doesn't adjust stdios user")
-	}
-
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	d := dockerutil.MakeContainer(ctx, t)
 	defer d.CleanUp(ctx)