diff --git a/ui/playwright.config.ts b/ui/playwright.config.ts
index abaf3b117c..4bcc8f5620 100644
--- a/ui/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/ui/playwright.config.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
   retries: isLocal ? 0 : 2,
   workers: isLocal ? undefined : 1,
   reporter: "html",
-  globalSetup: isLocal
-    ? undefined
-    : require.resolve("./tests/e2e/global-setup"),
   use: {
     baseURL: "http://localhost:3000",
     trace: "on-first-retry",
diff --git a/ui/tests/e2e/global-setup.ts b/ui/tests/e2e/global-setup.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a1c576741..0000000000
--- a/ui/tests/e2e/global-setup.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { FullConfig } from '@playwright/test';
-import { execSync } from 'child_process';
-
-async function globalSetup(config: FullConfig) {
-  // Start Docker containers (for CI or non-local runs)
-  console.log('Starting Docker containers...');
-  execSync(
-    'docker compose -f ../docker-compose-dev.yml up -d --build api-dev postgres valkey worker-beat worker-dev',
-    { stdio: 'inherit' }
-  );
-
-  // Wait for services to be ready
-  console.log('Waiting for services to be ready...');
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 30000)); // Wait 30 seconds
-
-  // Register cleanup function
-  process.on('exit', () => {
-    console.log('Cleaning up containers...');
-    execSync('docker compose -f ../docker-compose-dev.yml down', { stdio: 'inherit' });
-  });
-}
-
-export default globalSetup;