diff --git a/test/helpers/initPayloadE2ENoConfig.ts b/test/helpers/initPayloadE2ENoConfig.ts
index b95a11f22..278fd23e9 100644
--- a/test/helpers/initPayloadE2ENoConfig.ts
+++ b/test/helpers/initPayloadE2ENoConfig.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { GeneratedTypes } from './sdk/types.js'
 
 import { createTestHooks } from '../testHooks.js'
 import { PayloadTestSDK } from './sdk/index.js'
+import startMemoryDB from './startMemoryDB.js'
 
 type Args = {
   dirname: string
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ export async function initPayloadE2ENoConfig<T extends GeneratedTypes<T>>({
   process.env.PORT = String(port)
   const serverURL = `http://localhost:${port}`
 
+  await startMemoryDB()
+
   // @ts-expect-error
   const app = nextImport({
     dev: true,
diff --git a/test/setup.js b/test/helpers/startMemoryDB.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from test/setup.js
rename to test/helpers/startMemoryDB.ts
diff --git a/test/jest.config.js b/test/jest.config.js
index ffc6eef5b..188c3c621 100644
--- a/test/jest.config.js
+++ b/test/jest.config.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const customJestConfig = {
   },
   reporters: ['default', ['github-actions', { silent: false }], 'summary'],
   testEnvironment: 'node',
-  globalSetup: path.resolve(dirname, 'setup.ts'),
+  globalSetup: path.resolve(dirname, './helpers/startMemoryDB.ts'),
   testMatch: ['<rootDir>/**/*int.spec.ts'],
   testTimeout: 90000,
   transform: {
diff --git a/test/playwright.config.ts b/test/playwright.config.ts
index c142aa333..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.js'),
   expect: {
     timeout: EXPECT_TIMEOUT,
   },