diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9faf50149..3448412c2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ build-wayland-only@x86_64:
     G_SLICE: "always-malloc"
     MALLOC_CHECK_: "3"
     NO_AT_BRIDGE: "1"
+    GTK_A11Y: "none"
   before_script:
     # Disable e.g. audio support to not dead lock screen cast tests
     - mkdir -m 700 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
diff --git a/src/tests/kvm/run-kvm-test.sh b/src/tests/kvm/run-kvm-test.sh
index 00885d303..ff94a6843 100755
--- a/src/tests/kvm/run-kvm-test.sh
+++ b/src/tests/kvm/run-kvm-test.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR="$PWD/build/data"
 export G_SLICE="always-malloc"
 export MALLOC_CHECK_="3"
 export NO_AT_BRIDGE="1"
+export GTK_A11Y="none"
 export MALLOC_PERTURB_="123"
 
 mkdir -p -m 700 $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
diff --git a/src/tests/mutter_dbusrunner.py b/src/tests/mutter_dbusrunner.py
index 7de4653bb..ca75094cd 100644
--- a/src/tests/mutter_dbusrunner.py
+++ b/src/tests/mutter_dbusrunner.py
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ ret = (unix_fd, False)
         env = {}
         env.update(os.environ)
         env['NO_AT_BRIDGE'] = '1'
+        env['GTK_A11Y'] = 'none'
         env['GSETTINGS_BACKEND'] = 'memory'
 
         wrapper = env.get('META_DBUS_RUNNER_WRAPPER')