diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 60fa49a..197c806 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ jobs:
             gemfile: rails5-mongoid7
           - ruby_version: '3.3'
             gemfile: rails-edge
+        exclude:
+          - ruby_version: 'jruby'
+            gemfile: rails7-mongoid8 # JRuby 9.4.8 with Mongoid 8 has trouble finding the Logger::INFO constant
 
     env:
       BUNDLE_GEMFILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/gemfiles/${{ matrix.gemfile }}
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index f66c953..8d0831d 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@
 # Test setup
 MIGRATIONS_ROOT = 'test/migrations'
 
-Mongoid.configure do |config|
-  config.load_configuration(
-    clients: {
-      default: { hosts: ['localhost:27017'], database: 'mongoid_test' },
-      shard1: { hosts: ['localhost:27017'], database: 'mongoid_test_s1' }
-    },
-    options: { log_level: 2 } # JRuby 9.4.8 with Mongoid 8 has trouble finding the constants otherwise
-  )
-end
+Mongoid.load_configuration(clients: {
+  default: { hosts: ['localhost:27017'], database: 'mongoid_test' },
+  shard1: { hosts: ['localhost:27017'], database: 'mongoid_test_s1' }
+})
 
 require_relative 'models/survey_schema'
 
diff --git a/test/mongoid.yml b/test/mongoid.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f638751..0000000
--- a/test/mongoid.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-test:
-  clients:
-    default:
-      database: mongoid_test
-      hosts:
-        - localhost:27017
-    shard1:
-      database: mongoid_test_s1
-      hosts:
-        - localhost:27017