diff --git a/src/test/suite/index.ts b/src/test/suite/index.ts
index e69e315aaa..1dd194c413 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/index.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function run(): Promise<void> {
     forbidOnly: isCI,
     color: true,
     timeout: 10000,
-    retries: 2,
+    retries: isCI ? 2 : undefined,
   });
 
   const testsRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
diff --git a/src/web/test/suite/index.ts b/src/web/test/suite/index.ts
index 14d86d41ec..0d3d13ce5f 100644
--- a/src/web/test/suite/index.ts
+++ b/src/web/test/suite/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export function run(): Promise<void> {
       ui: "tdd",
       reporter: undefined,
       timeout: 10000,
+      retries: 2,
     });
 
     // bundles all files in the current directory matching `*.test`