diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a24f0afdb95..ce3129a7832 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ jobs:
             timeout-minutes: 120
             file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tidy.sh'
 
-          - name: 'TSan, depends, no gui'
+          - name: 'TSan'
             cirrus-runner: 'ghcr.io/cirruslabs/ubuntu-runner-amd64:24.04-md'
             fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
             timeout-minutes: 120
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
index bf4b68412b2..b0429ce8fe7 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ export PIP_PACKAGES="--break-system-packages pycapnp"
 export DEP_OPTS="CC=clang CXX=clang++ CXXFLAGS='${LIBCXX_FLAGS}' NO_QT=1"
 export GOAL="install"
 export CI_LIMIT_STACK_SIZE=1
-export BITCOIN_CONFIG="-DWITH_ZMQ=ON -DSANITIZERS=thread \
--DAPPEND_CPPFLAGS='-DARENA_DEBUG -DDEBUG_LOCKCONTENTION -D_LIBCPP_REMOVE_TRANSITIVE_INCLUDES'"
+export BITCOIN_CONFIG="\
+  --preset=dev-mode \
+  -DBUILD_GUI=OFF \
+  -DSANITIZERS=thread \
+  -DAPPEND_CPPFLAGS='-DARENA_DEBUG -DDEBUG_LOCKCONTENTION -D_LIBCPP_REMOVE_TRANSITIVE_INCLUDES' \
+"
 export USE_INSTRUMENTED_LIBCPP="Thread"