diff --git a/helix-term/tests/test/auto_indent.rs b/helix-term/tests/test/auto_indent.rs
index d5c220b7a..2d9082853 100644
--- a/helix-term/tests/test/auto_indent.rs
+++ b/helix-term/tests/test/auto_indent.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ async fn auto_indent_c() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             files: vec![(PathBuf::from("foo.c"), Position::default())],
             ..Default::default()
         },
-        Config::default(),
+        helpers::test_config(),
         helpers::test_syntax_conf(None),
         // switches to append mode?
         (
diff --git a/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs b/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs
index a0f3a32e4..8755b60f0 100644
--- a/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs
+++ b/helix-term/tests/test/helpers.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use std::{
 use anyhow::bail;
 use crossterm::event::{Event, KeyEvent};
 use helix_core::{diagnostic::Severity, test, Selection, Transaction};
-use helix_term::{application::Application, args::Args, config::Config};
-use helix_view::{doc, input::parse_macro, Editor};
+use helix_term::{application::Application, args::Args, config::Config, keymap::merge_keys};
+use helix_view::{doc, editor::LspConfig, input::parse_macro, Editor};
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub async fn test_key_sequence_with_input_text<T: Into<TestCase>>(
     let test_case = test_case.into();
     let mut app = match app {
         Some(app) => app,
-        None => Application::new(Args::default(), Config::default(), test_syntax_conf(None))?,
+        None => Application::new(Args::default(), test_config(), test_syntax_conf(None))?,
     };
 
     let (view, doc) = helix_view::current!(app.editor);
@@ -143,27 +143,9 @@ pub async fn test_key_sequence_with_input_text<T: Into<TestCase>>(
 
 /// Generates language configs that merge in overrides, like a user language
 /// config. The argument string must be a raw TOML document.
-///
-/// By default, language server configuration is dropped from the languages.toml
-/// document. If a language-server is necessary for a test, it must be explicitly
-/// added in `overrides`.
 pub fn test_syntax_conf(overrides: Option<String>) -> helix_core::syntax::Configuration {
     let mut lang = helix_loader::config::default_lang_config();
 
-    for lang_config in lang
-        .as_table_mut()
-        .expect("Expected languages.toml to be a table")
-        .get_mut("language")
-        .expect("Expected languages.toml to have \"language\" keys")
-        .as_array_mut()
-        .expect("Expected an array of language configurations")
-    {
-        lang_config
-            .as_table_mut()
-            .expect("Expected language config to be a TOML table")
-            .remove("language-server");
-    }
-
     if let Some(overrides) = overrides {
         let override_toml = toml::from_str(&overrides).unwrap();
         lang = helix_loader::merge_toml_values(lang, override_toml, 3);
@@ -177,11 +159,12 @@ pub fn test_syntax_conf(overrides: Option<String>) -> helix_core::syntax::Config
 /// want to verify the resulting document and selection.
 pub async fn test_with_config<T: Into<TestCase>>(
     args: Args,
-    config: Config,
+    mut config: Config,
     syn_conf: helix_core::syntax::Configuration,
     test_case: T,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let test_case = test_case.into();
+    config = helix_term::keymap::merge_keys(config);
     let app = Application::new(args, config, syn_conf)?;
 
     test_key_sequence_with_input_text(
@@ -205,7 +188,7 @@ pub async fn test_with_config<T: Into<TestCase>>(
 pub async fn test<T: Into<TestCase>>(test_case: T) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     test_with_config(
         Args::default(),
-        Config::default(),
+        test_config(),
         test_syntax_conf(None),
         test_case,
     )
@@ -226,6 +209,20 @@ pub fn temp_file_with_contents<S: AsRef<str>>(
     Ok(temp_file)
 }
 
+/// Generates a config with defaults more suitable for integration tests
+pub fn test_config() -> Config {
+    merge_keys(Config {
+        editor: helix_view::editor::Config {
+            lsp: LspConfig {
+                enable: false,
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+            ..Default::default()
+        },
+        ..Default::default()
+    })
+}
+
 /// Replaces all LF chars with the system's appropriate line feed
 /// character, and if one doesn't exist already, appends the system's
 /// appropriate line ending to the end of a string.