diff --git a/tests/integration/coordination_redis_proxy_config.yaml b/tests/integration/coordination_redis_proxy_config.yaml
index 30294c291bf..e28e0f5f2ad 100644
--- a/tests/integration/coordination_redis_proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/coordination_redis_proxy_config.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ general_settings:
   master_key: os.environ/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
   database_url: os.environ/DATABASE_URL
   store_model_in_db: true
+  disable_model_info_refresh: true
   disable_spend_logs: false
   proxy_batch_write_at: 1
   coordination_redis:
diff --git a/tests/integration/observability/test_langtrace_delivery.py b/tests/integration/observability/test_langtrace_delivery.py
index 84c9ed5bec0..03e42087dc7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/observability/test_langtrace_delivery.py
+++ b/tests/integration/observability/test_langtrace_delivery.py
@@ -132,9 +132,8 @@ def _upstream(request: Request) -> Reply:
 def _config(tmp_path: Path, **litellm_settings: object) -> Path:
     config: Final = _PROXY_CONFIG.validate_python(yaml.safe_load(STOCK_CONFIG.read_text()))
     settings: Final = {**_SETTINGS.validate_python(config["litellm_settings"]), **litellm_settings}
-    general: Final = {**_SETTINGS.validate_python(config["general_settings"]), "disable_model_info_refresh": True}
     path: Final = tmp_path / "langtrace.yaml"
-    path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump({**config, "litellm_settings": settings, "general_settings": general}))
+    path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump({**config, "litellm_settings": settings}))
     return path
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/observability/test_otel_conversation_id.py b/tests/integration/observability/test_otel_conversation_id.py
index 78ff40927e5..e77e5603148 100644
--- a/tests/integration/observability/test_otel_conversation_id.py
+++ b/tests/integration/observability/test_otel_conversation_id.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class RigFactory:
     def start(self) -> Iterator[Rig]:
         config: Final = yaml.safe_load(Path("tests/integration/proxy_config.yaml").read_text())
         config["litellm_settings"].update({"callbacks": ["otel"]})
-        config["general_settings"].update({"disable_model_info_refresh": True, **self.settings})
+        config["general_settings"].update(self.settings)
         config["callback_settings"] = {
             "otel": {"exporter": "http/json", "endpoint": self.sink.wire.url, "mapper_names": ["genai"]},
         }
diff --git a/tests/integration/observability/test_signoz_delivery.py b/tests/integration/observability/test_signoz_delivery.py
index f3d715fe5cf..56a98b3f17c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/observability/test_signoz_delivery.py
+++ b/tests/integration/observability/test_signoz_delivery.py
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ class RigFactory:
                 "callbacks": ["signoz"],
                 "provider_url_destination_allowed_hosts": [self.tenant_sink.wire.url],
             },
-            "general_settings": {**object_value(loaded["general_settings"]), "disable_model_info_refresh": True},
         }
         path: Final = self.directory / f"signoz-{uuid.uuid4().hex}.yaml"
         path.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(config))
diff --git a/tests/integration/oci_proxy_test_config.yaml b/tests/integration/oci_proxy_test_config.yaml
index 95e74963cd2..f09216c4f94 100644
--- a/tests/integration/oci_proxy_test_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/oci_proxy_test_config.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ model_list:
 
 general_settings:
   master_key: os.environ/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
+  disable_model_info_refresh: true
 
 litellm_settings:
   drop_params: True
diff --git a/tests/integration/proxy_config.yaml b/tests/integration/proxy_config.yaml
index 9e4a90fc608..6924b641f13 100644
--- a/tests/integration/proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/proxy_config.yaml
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ general_settings:
   master_key: os.environ/LITELLM_MASTER_KEY
   database_url: os.environ/DATABASE_URL
   store_model_in_db: true
+  disable_model_info_refresh: true
   disable_spend_logs: false
   proxy_batch_write_at: 1
   proxy_batch_polling_interval: 1