diff --git a/edb/testbase/server.py b/edb/testbase/server.py
index a580567e457..e2d4e4bc65b 100644
--- a/edb/testbase/server.py
+++ b/edb/testbase/server.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 import json
 import os
 import pathlib
-import platform
 import random
 import re
 import secrets
@@ -2460,12 +2459,6 @@ def start_edgedb_server(
     extra_args: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     default_branch: Optional[str] = None,
 ):
-    if platform.system() == "Darwin" and platform.machine() == 'x86_64':
-        raise unittest.SkipTest(
-            "Postgres is not getting getting enough shared memory on macos-14 "
-            "GitHub runner by default"
-        )
-
     if not devmode.is_in_dev_mode() and not runstate_dir:
         if backend_dsn or adjacent_to:
             # We don't want to implicitly "fix the issue" for the test author
diff --git a/tests/test_server_auth.py b/tests/test_server_auth.py
index 578fb4a7826..6ed75ee4cfd 100644
--- a/tests/test_server_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_server_auth.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
 import pathlib
+import platform
 import signal
 import ssl
 import tempfile
@@ -677,6 +678,11 @@ async def test_server_auth_in_transaction(self):
                 DROP ROLE foo;
             ''')
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        platform.system() == "Darwin" and platform.machine() == 'x86_64',
+        "Postgres is not getting getting enough shared memory on macos-14 "
+        "GitHub runner by default"
+    )
     @unittest.skipIf(
         "EDGEDB_SERVER_MULTITENANT_CONFIG_FILE" in os.environ,
         "cannot use CONFIGURE INSTANCE in multi-tenant mode",