diff --git a/web/tests/_globalSetup.ts b/web/tests/_globalSetup.ts
index 5630c722..e16fbfd5 100644
--- a/web/tests/_globalSetup.ts
+++ b/web/tests/_globalSetup.ts
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
         ]
       : ["--devmode"];
 
-    edbServerProc = spawn(srvcmd, args, {
-      env: {...process.env, EDGEDB_DEBUG_HTTP_INJECT_CORS: "1"},
-    }) as ChildProcess;
+    edbServerProc = spawn(srvcmd, args) as ChildProcess;
     edbServerProc.once("close", (code) => {
       if (!edbServerAlive.done) {
         edbServerAlive.setError(
@@ -146,6 +144,9 @@ export default async function globalSetup() {
 
     try {
       await testClient.execute(schemaScript);
+      await testClient.execute(
+        `configure current database set cors_allow_origins := {'*'}`
+      );
       break;
     } catch (err) {
       if (!(err instanceof AccessError)) {