diff --git a/nbval/kernel.py b/nbval/kernel.py
index b611442..b567a7f 100644
--- a/nbval/kernel.py
+++ b/nbval/kernel.py
@@ -145,7 +145,12 @@ def execute_cell_input(self, cell_input, allow_stdin=None):
             logger.debug('Executing cell: "%s"...', cell_input.splitlines()[0][:40])
         else:
             logger.debug('Executing empty cell')
-        return self.kc.execute(cell_input, allow_stdin=allow_stdin, stop_on_error=False)
+        return self.kc.execute(
+            cell_input,
+            store_history=False,
+            allow_stdin=allow_stdin,
+            stop_on_error=False,
+        )
 
     def await_reply(self, msg_id, timeout=None):
         """