diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.openresty b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.openresty
index 06698828..4ffb196f 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.openresty
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.openresty
@@ -76,4 +76,5 @@ RUN rm -rf /distribution/*
 COPY kong/.requirements kong/distribution/ /distribution/
 WORKDIR /distribution
 
+ENV ENABLE_KONG_LICENSING=false
 RUN --mount=type=secret,id=github-token if [ -f "/distribution/post-install.sh" ] ; then export GITHUB_TOKEN=`cat /run/secrets/github-token` && ./post-install.sh; fi
diff --git a/test/util.sh b/test/util.sh
index f7f37720..f899001d 100644
--- a/test/util.sh
+++ b/test/util.sh
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ stop_kong() {
 }
 
 kong_ready() {
-  sudo apt-get install -y curl xz-utils
-  curl -fsSLo tmate.tar.xz https://github.com/tmate-io/tmate/releases/download/2.4.0/tmate-2.4.0-static-linux-amd64.tar.xz
-  tar -xvf tmate.tar.xz
-  mv tmate-*-amd64/tmate .
-  ./tmate -F -n session-name new-session
   local TIMEOUT_SECONDS=$((5 * 60))
   while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w ''%{http_code}'' localhost:8000)" != 404 ]]; do
     sleep 5;