diff --git a/test/helpers/startMemoryDB.ts b/test/helpers/startMemoryDB.ts
index e21441945..8973d0f42 100644
--- a/test/helpers/startMemoryDB.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/startMemoryDB.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { MongoMemoryReplSet } from 'mongodb-memory-server'
 
 export const startMemoryDB = async () => {
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  process.env.NODE_ENV = 'test'
+  process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = 'true'
+  process.env.NODE_OPTIONS = '--no-deprecation'
+
   if (
     (!process.env.PAYLOAD_DATABASE || process.env.PAYLOAD_DATABASE === 'mongoose') &&
     !global._mongoMemoryServer
diff --git a/test/jest.config.js b/test/jest.config.js
index ffc6eef5b..41f2102af 100644
--- a/test/jest.config.js
+++ b/test/jest.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-import path from 'path'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
-
-const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
-const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
-
 /** @type {import('jest').Config} */
 const customJestConfig = {
   extensionsToTreatAsEsm: ['.ts', '.tsx'],
@@ -16,7 +10,6 @@ const customJestConfig = {
   },
   reporters: ['default', ['github-actions', { silent: false }], 'summary'],
   testEnvironment: 'node',
-  globalSetup: path.resolve(dirname, 'setup.ts'),
   testMatch: ['<rootDir>/**/*int.spec.ts'],
   testTimeout: 90000,
   transform: {
diff --git a/test/playwright.config.ts b/test/playwright.config.ts
index 0a4eb660a..85218d8ab 100644
--- a/test/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/test/playwright.config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test'
-import path from 'path'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
-
-const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
-const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
 
 export const EXPECT_TIMEOUT = 45000
 export const POLL_TOPASS_TIMEOUT = EXPECT_TIMEOUT * 4 // That way expect.poll() or expect().toPass can retry 4 times. 4x higher than default expect timeout => can retry 4 times if retryable expects are used inside
@@ -18,7 +13,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     trace: 'retain-on-failure',
     video: 'retain-on-failure',
   },
-  globalSetup: path.resolve(dirname, 'setup.ts'),
   expect: {
     timeout: EXPECT_TIMEOUT,
   },
diff --git a/test/runE2E.ts b/test/runE2E.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 81dba165e..000000000
--- a/test/runE2E.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-import glob from 'glob'
-import minimist from 'minimist'
-import path from 'path'
-import shelljs from 'shelljs'
-import slash from 'slash'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
-
-const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
-const dirname = path.dirname(__filename)
-
-shelljs.env.DISABLE_LOGGING = 'true'
-
-const playwrightBin = path.resolve(dirname, '../node_modules/.bin/playwright')
-
-const testRunCodes: { code: number; suiteName: string }[] = []
-const { _: args, bail, part } = minimist(process.argv.slice(2))
-const suiteName = args[0]
-
-// Run all
-if (!suiteName) {
-  let files = glob.sync(`${path.resolve(dirname).replace(/\\/g, '/')}/**/*e2e.spec.ts`)
-
-  const totalFiles = files.length
-
-  if (part) {
-    if (!part.includes('/')) {
-      throw new Error('part must be in the format of "1/2"')
-    }
-
-    const [partToRun, totalParts] = part.split('/').map((n) => parseInt(n))
-
-    if (partToRun > totalParts) {
-      throw new Error('part cannot be greater than totalParts')
-    }
-
-    const partSize = Math.ceil(files.length / totalParts)
-    const start = (partToRun - 1) * partSize
-    const end = start + partSize
-    files = files.slice(start, end)
-  }
-
-  if (files.length !== totalFiles) {
-    console.log(`\n\nExecuting part ${part}: ${files.length} of ${totalFiles} E2E tests...\n\n`)
-  } else {
-    console.log(`\n\nExecuting all ${files.length} E2E tests...\n\n`)
-  }
-  console.log(`${files.join('\n')}\n`)
-
-  files.forEach((file) => {
-    clearWebpackCache()
-    executePlaywright(file, bail)
-  })
-} else {
-  // Run specific suite
-  clearWebpackCache()
-  let suitePath: string
-  if (suiteName.includes('/')) {
-    // Used for fields/lexical.e2e.spec.ts which is run from CI as fields/lexical
-    const suiteNameSplit = suiteName.split('/')
-    suitePath = path.resolve(dirname, suiteNameSplit[0], suiteNameSplit[1] + '.e2e.spec.ts')
-  } else {
-    suitePath = path.resolve(dirname, suiteName, 'e2e.spec.ts')
-  }
-  executePlaywright(suitePath)
-}
-
-console.log('\nRESULTS:')
-testRunCodes.forEach((tr) => {
-  console.log(`\tSuite: ${tr.suiteName}, Success: ${tr.code === 0}`)
-})
-console.log('\n')
-
-if (testRunCodes.some((tr) => tr.code > 0)) process.exit(1)
-
-function executePlaywright(suitePath: string, bail = false) {
-  console.log(`Executing ${suitePath}...`)
-  const playwrightCfg = path.resolve(
-    dirname,
-    `${bail ? 'playwright.bail.config.ts' : 'playwright.config.ts'}`,
-  )
-
-  const cmd = slash(`${playwrightBin} test ${suitePath} -c ${playwrightCfg}`)
-  console.log('\n', cmd)
-  const { stdout, code } = shelljs.exec(cmd)
-  const suite = path.basename(path.dirname(suitePath))
-  const results = { suiteName: suite, code }
-  if (code) {
-    if (bail) {
-      console.error(`TEST FAILURE DURING ${suite} suite.`)
-      process.exit(1)
-    }
-  }
-  testRunCodes.push(results)
-  return stdout
-}
-
-function clearWebpackCache() {
-  const webpackCachePath = path.resolve(dirname, '../node_modules/.cache/webpack')
-  shelljs.rm('-rf', webpackCachePath)
-}