diff --git a/_integration-test/conftest.py b/_integration-test/conftest.py
index b36097d605..e80cef95e6 100644
--- a/_integration-test/conftest.py
+++ b/_integration-test/conftest.py
@@ -1,58 +1,17 @@
 import os
+from os.path import join
 import subprocess
-import time
 
-import httpx
 import pytest
 
 SENTRY_CONFIG_PY = "sentry/sentry.conf.py"
 SENTRY_TEST_HOST = os.getenv("SENTRY_TEST_HOST", "http://localhost:9000")
 TEST_USER = "test@example.com"
 TEST_PASS = "test123TEST"
-TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60
-
-
-def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    parser.addoption("--customizations", default="disabled")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def configure_self_hosted_environment(request):
-    subprocess.run(
-        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "up", "-d"],
-        check=True,
-        capture_output=True,
-    )
-    for i in range(TIMEOUT_SECONDS):
-        try:
-            response = httpx.get(SENTRY_TEST_HOST, follow_redirects=True)
-        except httpx.RequestError:
-            time.sleep(1)
-        else:
-            if response.status_code == 200:
-                break
-    else:
-        raise AssertionError("timeout waiting for self-hosted to come up")
-
-    if request.config.getoption("--customizations") == "enabled":
-        os.environ["TEST_CUSTOMIZATIONS"] = "enabled"
-        script_content = """\
-#!/bin/bash
-touch /created-by-enhance-image
-apt-get update
-apt-get install -y gcc libsasl2-dev python-dev-is-python3 libldap2-dev libssl-dev
-"""
-
-        with open("sentry/enhance-image.sh", "w") as script_file:
-            script_file.write(script_content)
-        # Set executable permissions for the shell script
-        os.chmod("sentry/enhance-image.sh", 0o755)
-
-        # Write content to the requirements.txt file
-        with open("sentry/requirements.txt", "w") as req_file:
-            req_file.write("python-ldap\n")
-        os.environ["MINIMIZE_DOWNTIME"] = "1"
-        subprocess.run(["./install.sh"], check=True, capture_output=True)
     # Create test user
     subprocess.run(
         [
diff --git a/_integration-test/test_backup.py b/_integration-test/test_backup.py
index 41c099741a..b73e0cfb16 100644
--- a/_integration-test/test_backup.py
+++ b/_integration-test/test_backup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from os.path import join
 import subprocess
 
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ def test_sentry_admin(setup_backup_restore_env_variables):
 
 
 def test_backup(setup_backup_restore_env_variables):
-    # Docker was giving me permissioning issues when trying to create this file and write to it even after giving read + write access
+    # Docker was giving me permission issues when trying to create this file and write to it even after giving read + write access
     # to group and owner. Instead, try creating the empty file and then give everyone write access to the backup file
     file_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "sentry", "backup.json")
     sentry_admin_sh = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "sentry-admin.sh")
@@ -42,21 +43,46 @@ def test_backup(setup_backup_restore_env_variables):
 
 def test_import(setup_backup_restore_env_variables):
     # Bring postgres down and recreate the docker volume
+    subprocess.run(["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "down"], check=True)
+    # We reset all DB-related volumes here and not just Postgres although the backups
+    # are only for Postgres. The reason is to get a "clean slate" as we need the Kafka
+    # and Clickhouse volumes to be back to their initial state as well ( without any events)
+    # We cannot just rm and create them as they still need migrations.
+    for name in ("postgres", "clickhouse", "kafka"):
+        subprocess.run(["docker", "volume", "rm", f"sentry-{name}"], check=True)
+        subprocess.run(
+            [
+                "rsync",
+                "-aW",
+                "--no-compress",
+                "--mkpath",
+                join(os.environ["RUNNER_TEMP"], "volumes", f"sentry-{name}", ""),
+                f"/var/lib/docker/volumes/sentry-{name}/",
+            ],
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+        )
+        subprocess.run(["docker", "volume", "create", f"sentry-{name}"], check=True)
+
     subprocess.run(
-        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "stop", "postgres"], check=True
-    )
-    subprocess.run(
-        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "rm", "-f", "-v", "postgres"],
-        check=True,
-    )
-    subprocess.run(["docker", "volume", "rm", "sentry-postgres"], check=True)
-    subprocess.run(["docker", "volume", "create", "--name=sentry-postgres"], check=True)
-    subprocess.run(
-        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "run", "web", "upgrade", "--noinput"],
+        [
+            "docker",
+            "run",
+            "--rm",
+            "-v",
+            "sentry-kafka:/data",
+            "busybox",
+            "chown",
+            "-R",
+            "1000:1000",
+            "/data",
+        ],
         check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
     )
+
     subprocess.run(
-        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "up", "-d"],
+        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "up", "--wait"],
         check=True,
         capture_output=True,
     )
diff --git a/_integration-test/test_run.py b/_integration-test/test_run.py
index d1c8f4547c..110de08385 100644
--- a/_integration-test/test_run.py
+++ b/_integration-test/test_run.py
@@ -326,7 +326,15 @@ def test_custom_certificate_authorities():
         )
 
     subprocess.run(
-        ["docker", "compose", "--ansi", "never", "up", "-d", "fixture-custom-ca-roots"],
+        [
+            "docker",
+            "compose",
+            "--ansi",
+            "never",
+            "up",
+            "--wait",
+            "fixture-custom-ca-roots",
+        ],
         check=True,
     )
     subprocess.run(
@@ -448,7 +456,4 @@ def test_customizations():
     ]
     for command in commands:
         result = subprocess.run(command, check=False)
-        if os.getenv("TEST_CUSTOMIZATIONS", "disabled") == "enabled":
-            assert result.returncode == 0
-        else:
-            assert result.returncode != 0
+        assert result.returncode == 0
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 6ca973e98c..24baf35d6b 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ runs:
           "$RUNNER_TEMP/volumes/"
         cd ${{ github.action_path }}
         docker compose up --wait
-        TEST_CUSTOMIZATIONS=enabled pytest -x --cov --junitxml=junit.xml _integration-test/
+        pytest -x --cov --junitxml=junit.xml _integration-test/
 
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
diff --git a/install/bootstrap-snuba.sh b/install/bootstrap-snuba.sh
index 489c4da0e1..20666302ad 100644
--- a/install/bootstrap-snuba.sh
+++ b/install/bootstrap-snuba.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 echo "${_group}Bootstrapping and migrating Snuba ..."
 
-$dcr snuba-api bootstrap --force
+if [[ -z "${SKIP_DB_MIGRATIONS:-}" ]]; then
+  $dcr snuba-api bootstrap --force
+else
+  echo "Skipped DB migrations due to SKIP_DB_MIGRATIONS=$SKIP_DB_MIGRATIONS"
+fi
 
 echo "${_endgroup}"