diff --git a/instrumentation/ratpack-1.4/javaagent/ratpack-1.4-javaagent.gradle b/instrumentation/ratpack-1.4/javaagent/ratpack-1.4-javaagent.gradle
index 2f802386a2..48d697ac7c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/ratpack-1.4/javaagent/ratpack-1.4-javaagent.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/ratpack-1.4/javaagent/ratpack-1.4-javaagent.gradle
@@ -20,10 +20,5 @@ dependencies {
   }
 }
 
-tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-  // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/issues/2648
-  jvmArgs "-Dio.opentelemetry.javaagent.shaded.io.opentelemetry.context.enableStrictContext=false"
-}
-
 // Requires old Guava. Can't use enforcedPlatform since predates BOM
 configurations.testRuntimeClasspath.resolutionStrategy.force "com.google.guava:guava:19.0"