diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
index b9f070f09e8..acec60cebea 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ exec env -i \
   LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \
   PYTHONHASHSEED=0 \
   PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+  PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1 \
   ${EXTRA_PYTHONPATH:+PYTHONPATH="$EXTRA_PYTHONPATH"} \
   ${EXTRA_PYTEST_PLUGINS:+PYTEST_PLUGINS="$EXTRA_PYTEST_PLUGINS"} \
   "$PYTHON" "$SCRIPT_DIR/run_tests_parallel.py" "$@"