diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/mocha-config.json b/packages/inbound-email-handler/mocha-config.json
index 897a3bb1e..8e24eb08b 100644
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/mocha-config.json
+++ b/packages/inbound-email-handler/mocha-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
     "extension": ["ts"],
     "spec": "test/**/*.test.ts",
-    "require": ["test/global-teardown.ts"],
     "timeout": 10000
   }
diff --git a/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/global-teardown.ts b/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/global-teardown.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cb733d056..000000000
--- a/packages/inbound-email-handler/test/global-teardown.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { redisDataSource } from '../src/redis_data_source'
-
-export const mochaGlobalTeardown = async () => {
-  await redisDataSource.shutdown()
-}