diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader/from_api_loader_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader/from_api_loader_spec.rb
index 7e567e95fe..eb21387245 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader/from_api_loader_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader/from_api_loader_spec.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ RSpec.describe Cask::CaskLoader::FromAPILoader, :cask do
   describe ".can_load?" do
     include_context "with API setup", "test-opera"
 
-    context "when not using the API" do
-      before do
-        ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API"] = "1"
-      end
-
+    context "when not using the API", :no_api do
       it "returns false" do
         expect(described_class.try_new(token)).to be_nil
       end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader_spec.rb
index e7fcc9696e..62be102cea 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_loader_spec.rb
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ RSpec.describe Cask::CaskLoader, :cask do
           .and_return(cask_renames)
       end
 
-      context "when not using the API" do
-        before do
-          ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API"] = "1"
-        end
-
+      context "when not using the API", :no_api do
         it "warns when using the short token" do
           expect do
             expect(described_class.for("version-newest")).to be_a Cask::CaskLoader::FromPathLoader
@@ -67,11 +63,7 @@ RSpec.describe Cask::CaskLoader, :cask do
       end
     end
 
-    context "when not using the API" do
-      before do
-        ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API"] = "1"
-      end
-
+    context "when not using the API", :no_api do
       context "when a cask is migrated" do
         let(:token) { "local-caffeine" }
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_spec.rb
index 6558078ee0..cadba6516e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/cask/cask_spec.rb
@@ -46,15 +46,13 @@ RSpec.describe Cask::Cask, :cask do
       expect(c.token).to eq("caffeine")
     end
 
-    it "returns an instance of the Cask from a URL", :needs_utils_curl do
-      expect(Homebrew::API).not_to receive(:fetch_json_api_file)
+    it "returns an instance of the Cask from a URL", :needs_utils_curl, :no_api do
       c = Cask::CaskLoader.load("file://#{tap_path}/Casks/local-caffeine.rb")
       expect(c).to be_a(described_class)
       expect(c.token).to eq("local-caffeine")
     end
 
-    it "raises an error when failing to download a Cask from a URL", :needs_utils_curl do
-      expect(Homebrew::API).not_to receive(:fetch_json_api_file)
+    it "raises an error when failing to download a Cask from a URL", :needs_utils_curl, :no_api do
       expect do
         Cask::CaskLoader.load("file://#{tap_path}/Casks/notacask.rb")
       end.to raise_error(Cask::CaskUnavailableError)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb
index 8e34f0fb42..3bb7491bdf 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/formulary_spec.rb
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ RSpec.describe Formulary do
       expect(described_class.factory(formula_path)).to be_a(Formula)
     end
 
-    it "returns a Formula when given a URL", :needs_utils_curl do
-      expect(Homebrew::API).not_to receive(:fetch_json_api_file)
+    it "returns a Formula when given a URL", :needs_utils_curl, :no_api do
       formula = described_class.factory("file://#{formula_path}")
       expect(formula).to be_a(Formula)
     end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb
index 47e5eff401..70fa46df38 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/spec_helper.rb
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     ERROR
   end
 
+  config.before(:each, :no_api) do
+    ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API"] = "1"
+  end
+
   config.before(:each, :needs_svn) do
     svn_shim = HOMEBREW_SHIMS_PATH/"shared/svn"
     skip "Subversion is not installed." unless quiet_system svn_shim, "--version"
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/tap_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/tap_spec.rb
index 44a771fc31..ecfa2b8996 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/tap_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/tap_spec.rb
@@ -488,8 +488,7 @@ RSpec.describe Tap do
         expect(described_class.to_a).to include(CoreTap.instance)
       end
 
-      it "omits the core tap without the api" do
-        ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API"] = "1"
+      it "omits the core tap without the api", :no_api do
         expect(described_class.to_a).not_to include(CoreTap.instance)
       end
     end