diff --git a/tests/e2e/ui/globalSetup.ts b/tests/e2e/ui/globalSetup.ts
index 9447c93a72e..8b3ad204767 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ui/globalSetup.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/ui/globalSetup.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { chromium, expect, request } from "@playwright/test";
 import { users, Role, STORAGE_PATHS } from "./fixtures/users";
 import { ARTIFACT_DIR, UI_BASE_URL } from "./constants";
 import { expectUnrestrictedDashboard, setInvitedUserPassword } from "./helpers/userOnboarding";
+import { hideLiteAdmin } from "./helpers/navigation";
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
 
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ async function globalSetup() {
       if (await dismiss.isVisible({ timeout: 1_500 }).catch(() => false)) {
         await dismiss.click();
       }
+      if (role === Role.ProxyAdmin) {
+        await hideLiteAdmin(page);
+      }
       // The login flow stores a post-login return URL in the litellm_return_url
       // cookie. If the snapshot captures it before the app consumes it, every
       // test inheriting this storageState gets yanked to that stale URL the
diff --git a/tests/e2e/ui/helpers/navigation.ts b/tests/e2e/ui/helpers/navigation.ts
index e0e7b4da396..78288fab743 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ui/helpers/navigation.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/ui/helpers/navigation.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ export async function dismissFeedbackPopup(page: PlaywrightPage): Promise<void>
   }
 }
 
+export async function hideLiteAdmin(page: PlaywrightPage): Promise<void> {
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: /Account menu/i }).click();
+  const panel = page.getByTestId("sidebar-account-menu-panel");
+  await expect(panel).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 });
+  const toggle = panel.getByRole("switch", { name: "Toggle hide LiteAdmin" });
+  if ((await toggle.getAttribute("aria-checked")) !== "true") {
+    await toggle.click();
+  }
+  await expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute("aria-checked", "true");
+  await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
+  await expect(panel).toBeHidden();
+  await expect(page.getByRole("button", { name: "LiteAdmin", exact: true })).toBeHidden();
+}
+
 /**
  * Click on a team ID in the table. Team IDs are rendered differently depending
  * on the component version — try button first (Tremor Button), fall back to