diff --git a/spec/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config_spec.rb b/spec/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config_spec.rb
index 611f677a631..b69aa8b745f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/open_food_network/i18n_config_spec.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@
 module OpenFoodNetwork
   describe I18nConfig do
     before do
-      # These are only needed here because we are stubbing ENV elsewhere in this file
-      #   Here we make these calls to ENV return a value and that makes database_cleaner work
-      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("DATABASE_CLEANER_ALLOW_PRODUCTION").and_return("false")
-      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).with("DATABASE_CLEANER_ALLOW_REMOTE_DATABASE_URL").
-        and_return("false")
+      # Allow non-stubbed calls to ENV to proceed
+      allow(ENV).to receive(:[]).and_call_original
     end
 
     context "in default test configuration" do