diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/system/tests/tenants.spec.ts b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/system/tests/tenants.spec.ts
index af509b402e..40b55aba4a 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/routes/system/tests/tenants.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/routes/system/tests/tenants.spec.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe("/api/global/tenants", () => {
 
   describe("DELETE /api/system/tenants/:tenantId", () => {
     it("allows deleting the current tenant", async () => {
-      const user = await config.createTenant()
+      const user = await config.createTenant({ addTenantToGlobalDb: true })
 
       await config.api.tenants.delete(user.tenantId, {
         headers: config.authHeaders(user),
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ describe("/api/global/tenants", () => {
     })
 
     it("rejects deleting another tenant", async () => {
-      const user1 = await config.createTenant()
+      const user1 = await config.createTenant({ addTenantToGlobalDb: true })
       // create a second user in another tenant
-      const user2 = await config.createTenant()
+      const user2 = await config.createTenant({ addTenantToGlobalDb: true })
 
       const status = 403
       const res = await config.api.tenants.delete(user1.tenantId, {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("/api/global/tenants", () => {
     })
 
     it("rejects non-admin", async () => {
-      const user1 = await config.createTenant()
+      const user1 = await config.createTenant({ addTenantToGlobalDb: true })
       // create an internal non-admin user
       const user2 = await tenancy.doInTenant(user1.tenantId, () => {
         return config.createUser()
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/middleware/tests/tenancy.spec.ts b/packages/worker/src/middleware/tests/tenancy.spec.ts
index a8b7a50e55..c861f486d4 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/middleware/tests/tenancy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/middleware/tests/tenancy.spec.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe("tenancy middleware", () => {
   })
 
   it("should get tenant id from user", async () => {
-    const user = await config.createTenant()
+    const user = await config.createTenant({ addTenantToGlobalDb: false })
     await config.createSession(user)
     const res = await config.api.self.getSelf(user)
     expect(res.headers[constants.Header.TENANT_ID]).toBe(user.tenantId)
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe("tenancy middleware", () => {
   })
 
   it("should get tenant id from path variable", async () => {
-    const user = await config.createTenant()
+    const user = await config.createTenant({ addTenantToGlobalDb: false })
     const res = await config.request
       .post(`/api/global/auth/${user.tenantId}/login`)
       .send({
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts b/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts
index fec3e7f29a..5c4063c5ca 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/tests/TestConfiguration.ts
@@ -136,12 +136,18 @@ class TestConfiguration {
 
   // TENANCY
 
-  createTenant = async (): Promise<User> => {
+  createTenant = async ({
+    addTenantToGlobalDb,
+  }: {
+    addTenantToGlobalDb: boolean
+  }): Promise<User> => {
     // create user / new tenant
     const res = await this.api.users.createAdminUser()
 
     // This needs to be added because it was disabled for bulk testing: // https://github.com/Budibase/budibase/issues/6134
-    await sdk.users.addTenant(res.tenantId, res.userId, res.email)
+    if (addTenantToGlobalDb) {
+      await sdk.users.addTenant(res.tenantId, res.userId, res.email)
+    }
 
     // return the created user
     const userRes = await this.api.users.getUser(res.userId, {