diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 45f1c724a..63679ef4c 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 [alias]
 t = "test -- --format terse"
+
+[env]
+# Disable macOS proxy discovery in tests — without this, every reqwest client
+# pays ~900ms of system-proxy lookup overhead per process, which pushes tests
+# past the 3s nextest kill threshold under parallel load.
+FABRO_HTTP_PROXY_POLICY = "disabled"
diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 334055709..68b01fb3e 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ slow-timeout = { period = "1s", terminate-after = 3 }
 leak-timeout = "500ms"
 
     [[profile.default.overrides]]
-    filter = "package(fabro-cli) & kind(test)"
+    filter = "package(fabro-cli)"
     slow-timeout = { period = "3s", terminate-after = 4 }
 
     [[profile.default.overrides]]
-    filter = "package(fabro-server) & kind(test)"
+    filter = "package(fabro-server)"
     slow-timeout = { period = "5s", terminate-after = 4 }
 
     [[profile.default.overrides]]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ leak-timeout = "500ms"
     slow-timeout = { period = "15s", terminate-after = 4 }
 
     [[profile.default.overrides]]
-    filter = "package(fabro-workflow) & kind(test)"
+    filter = "package(fabro-workflow)"
     slow-timeout = { period = "2s", terminate-after = 3 }
 
     [[profile.default.overrides]]
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-llm/src/providers/http_api.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-llm/src/providers/http_api.rs
index 809f605c5..09e29e44e 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-llm/src/providers/http_api.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-llm/src/providers/http_api.rs
@@ -19,21 +19,10 @@ pub struct HttpApi {
 
 impl HttpApi {
     fn build_client(timeout: AdapterTimeout) -> fabro_http::HttpClient {
-        #[cfg(test)]
-        {
-            fabro_http::HttpClientBuilder::new()
-                .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs_f64(timeout.connect))
-                .no_proxy()
-                .build()
-                .expect("LLM HTTP client should build")
-        }
-        #[cfg(not(test))]
-        {
-            fabro_http::HttpClientBuilder::new()
-                .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs_f64(timeout.connect))
-                .build()
-                .expect("LLM HTTP client should build")
-        }
+        fabro_http::HttpClientBuilder::new()
+            .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs_f64(timeout.connect))
+            .build()
+            .expect("LLM HTTP client should build")
     }
 
     #[must_use]
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/web_auth.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/web_auth.rs
index 65ef92bd7..bbbe22bd2 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/web_auth.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-server/src/web_auth.rs
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ mod tests {
     use serde_json::{Value, json};
     use tower::ServiceExt;
 
-    use super::{SessionCookie, api_routes, read_private_session, routes};
+    use super::{api_routes, read_private_session, routes};
     use crate::jwt_auth::{AuthMode, ConfiguredAuth};
     use crate::server;