diff --git a/globalSetup.ts b/globalSetup.ts
index 94dec3ca77..4cb542a3c3 100644
--- a/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/globalSetup.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { GenericContainer, Wait } from "testcontainers"
 
 export default async function setup() {
-  const container = await new GenericContainer("budibase/couchdb")
+  await new GenericContainer("budibase/couchdb")
     .withExposedPorts(5984)
     .withEnvironment({
       COUCHDB_PASSWORD: "budibase",
@@ -22,8 +22,4 @@ export default async function setup() {
       ).withStartupTimeout(20000)
     )
     .start()
-
-  // @ts-ignore
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-  globalThis.__COUCHDB_CONTAINER_ID__ = container.getId()
 }
diff --git a/globalTeardown.ts b/globalTeardown.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4be959c1f9..0000000000
--- a/globalTeardown.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { getContainerRuntimeClient } from "testcontainers"
-
-export default async function teardown() {
-  const client = await getContainerRuntimeClient()
-
-  // @ts-expect-error
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-  const containerId = globalThis.__COUCHDB_CONTAINER_ID__
-  const container = client.container.getById(containerId)
-  await client.container.stop(container)
-  await client.container.remove(container)
-}
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/jest.config.ts b/packages/backend-core/jest.config.ts
index fd60caf551..c944b0d7e1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/jest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/jest.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Config } from "@jest/types"
 const baseConfig: Config.InitialProjectOptions = {
   setupFiles: ["./tests/jestEnv.ts"],
   globalSetup: "./../../globalSetup.ts",
-  globalTeardown: "./../../globalTeardown.ts",
   setupFilesAfterEnv: ["./tests/jestSetup.ts"],
   transform: {
     "^.+\\.ts?$": "@swc/jest",
diff --git a/packages/server/jest.config.ts b/packages/server/jest.config.ts
index bad03f045c..85c75f9039 100644
--- a/packages/server/jest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/server/jest.config.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const baseConfig: Config.InitialProjectOptions = {
   ],
   setupFilesAfterEnv: ["./src/tests/jestSetup.ts"],
   globalSetup: "./../../globalSetup.ts",
-  globalTeardown: "./../../globalTeardown.ts",
   transform: {
     "^.+\\.ts?$": "@swc/jest",
     "^.+\\.js?$": "@swc/jest",
diff --git a/packages/worker/jest.config.ts b/packages/worker/jest.config.ts
index 9113df0664..f6ff7e7c95 100644
--- a/packages/worker/jest.config.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/jest.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import * as fs from "fs"
 
 const config: Config.InitialOptions = {
   globalSetup: "./../../globalSetup.ts",
-  globalTeardown: "./../../globalTeardown.ts",
   setupFiles: ["./src/tests/jestEnv.ts"],
   setupFilesAfterEnv: ["./src/tests/jestSetup.ts"],
   collectCoverageFrom: ["src/**/*.{js,ts}", "../backend-core/src/**/*.{js,ts}"],