diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
index 4abb3ed76935b..3d0ee4f6c2111 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export RUN_SECURITY_TESTS=${RUN_SECURITY_TESTS:-false}
 export TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR:-4}
 export TEST_RUNNER_ENV=${TEST_RUNNER_ENV:-}
 export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=${RUN_FUZZ_TESTS:-false}
-export RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS=${RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS:-true}
+export RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS=${RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS:-false}
 export EXPECTED_TESTS_DURATION_IN_SECONDS=${EXPECTED_TESTS_DURATION_IN_SECONDS:-1000}
 
 export CONTAINER_NAME=${CONTAINER_NAME:-ci_unnamed}
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh
index 4a4003063954a..88ddee13c2870 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export RUN_UNIT_TESTS="false"
 export GOAL="install"
 export PREVIOUS_RELEASES_TO_DOWNLOAD="v0.15.0.0 v0.16.1.1 v0.17.0.3 v18.2.2 v19.3.0 v20.0.1"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-libs=no --enable-reduce-exports --disable-fuzz-binary LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++ --with-boost-process"
+export RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS="true"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_sqlite.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_sqlite.sh
index cf2c85863980d..909f8cf689610 100644
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_sqlite.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_sqlite.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ export CONTAINER_NAME=ci_native_sqlite
 export PACKAGES="python3-zmq qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libdbus-1-dev libharfbuzz-dev"
 export DEP_OPTS="NO_BDB=1 NO_UPNP=1 DEBUG=1"
 export GOAL="install"
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-reduce-exports --with-sqlite --without-bdb LDFLAGS=-static-libstdc++"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-reduce-exports --with-sqlite --without-bdb"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
index 3c28a35aa71a7..bcdc05103cf49 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ export GOAL="install"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --with-gui=no --with-sanitizers=thread CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16 CXXFLAGS='-g' --with-boost-process"
 export CPPFLAGS="-DDEBUG_LOCKORDER -DENABLE_DASH_DEBUG -DARENA_DEBUG"
 export PYZMQ=true
-export RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS=false
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
index f3038c75d9669..153bc6a760cf4 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ export DEP_OPTS="NO_UPNP=1 DEBUG=1"
 export GOAL="install"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-zmq --enable-reduce-exports --enable-crash-hooks --with-sanitizers=undefined CC=clang-16 CXX=clang++-16"
 export PYZMQ=true
-export RUN_SYMBOL_TESTS=false