diff --git a/test-runner/.actions.json b/test-runner/.actions.json
index 3b459a412..cbc2e7618 100644
--- a/test-runner/.actions.json
+++ b/test-runner/.actions.json
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
     "TEST": ["3", "4", "5"],
-    "mask": [true],
     "experimental": [true]
 }
diff --git a/test-runner/test_runner.py b/test-runner/test_runner.py
index a023b99eb..fd4e14743 100644
--- a/test-runner/test_runner.py
+++ b/test-runner/test_runner.py
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ def parse_args(args: list):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-l", "--logs", dest="logs_path", default="output", help="-l /path/to/logs"
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-m",
-        "--mask",
-        dest="mask",
-        action="store_true",
-        help="Enable mask parameter for sensitive information in logs",
-    )
 
     return parser.parse_args(args)
 
@@ -112,13 +105,14 @@ def get_test_list(args: dict, tests_yaml: List[dict]):
         List[dict]: list of expanded tests
     """
     tests_list = {}
+    disable_masking = False
     for test in tests_yaml:
         if re.search(r"\$\{([A-Za-z0-9_]*)\:\-(.*?)\}", test):
             if args.actions_path:
                 with open(args.actions_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as actions_file:
                     for key, dval in json.load(actions_file).items():
-                        if key == "mask":
-                            [args.mask] = dval
+                        if key == "mask" and dval == [False]:
+                            disable_masking = True
                         if isinstance(dval, list) and key != "experimental":
                             for _, val in enumerate(dval):
                                 os.environ[key] = str(val)
@@ -141,7 +135,7 @@ def get_test_list(args: dict, tests_yaml: List[dict]):
             logging.error("Command not found for %s", test)
             sys.exit(1)
 
-    return tests_list
+    return tests_list, disable_masking
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -173,7 +167,7 @@ def get_test_list(args: dict, tests_yaml: List[dict]):
         except YAMLError as yaml_exc:
             logging.error(yaml_exc)
             sys.exit(1)
-    tests_list = get_test_list(args, tests_json)
+    tests_list, disable_masking = get_test_list(args, tests_json)
     logging.debug("Creating Test Objects from: %s", tests_list)
     # For each test, create a Test Object with the test name is the key of the test in yaml
     tests = [Test(name=test, **tests_list[test]) for test in tests_list]
@@ -181,7 +175,7 @@ def get_test_list(args: dict, tests_yaml: List[dict]):
     summary = []
     ERROR = False
     for idx, test in enumerate(tests):
-        if not args.mask:
+        if disable_masking:
             test.mask = []
         # Set Context to test-runner.log
         set_log_filename(logging.getLogger(), "test-runner", args.logs_path)
diff --git a/test-runner/tests/utest.py b/test-runner/tests/utest.py
index cf1a6e916..5b02911a5 100644
--- a/test-runner/tests/utest.py
+++ b/test-runner/tests/utest.py
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ def test_get_test_list(test_args_input, test_json_input):
         "test7": {"cmd": "echo 'world: hello'", "mask": ["world"]},
     }
 
-    test_fn = get_test_list(test_args_input, test_json_input)
+    test_fn, disable_masking = get_test_list(test_args_input, test_json_input)
     assert test_fn == test_val
+    assert disable_masking is False
 
 
 def test_masking(test_class_input):