diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index d9b12888..ccbb39df 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     "check:watch": "svelte-kit sync && svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --watch",
     "lint": "prettier --check . && eslint .",
     "format": "prettier --write .",
-    "test:local-auth": "playwright test tests/local-auth.spec.ts --config=playwright.config.local-auth.ts",
-    "test:reconnect": "playwright test tests/reconnect.spec.ts --config=playwright.reconnect.config.ts",
-    "test:e2e": "playwright test",
-    "test:e2e-in-cluster": "playwright test --config=playwright.config.in-cluster.ts",
+    "test:local-auth": "TEST_CFG=localAuth playwright test tests/local-auth.spec.ts",
+    "test:reconnect": "TEST_CFG=reconnect playwright test",
+    "test:e2e": "TEST_CFG=default playwright test",
+    "test:e2e-in-cluster": "TEST_CFG=inCluster playwright test",
     "test:install": "playwright install",
     "test:unit": "vitest run"
   },
diff --git a/ui/playwright.config.in-cluster.ts b/ui/playwright.config.in-cluster.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d325d000..00000000
--- a/ui/playwright.config.in-cluster.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test'
-
-const protocol = 'https'
-const host = 'runtime.admin.uds.dev'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  globalSetup: './tests/global-setup',
-  timeout: 10 * 1000,
-  testDir: 'tests',
-  /* Run tests in files in parallel */
-  fullyParallel: true,
-  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 1,
-  testMatch: /^(?!.*local-auth|.*reconnect)(.+\.)?(test|spec)\.[jt]s$/,
-  use: {
-    baseURL: `${protocol}://${host}/`,
-    storageState: './tests/state.json',
-  },
-})
diff --git a/ui/playwright.config.local-auth.ts b/ui/playwright.config.local-auth.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 663d378c..00000000
--- a/ui/playwright.config.local-auth.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test'
-import { loadEnv } from 'vite'
-
-const { VITE_PORT_ENV } = loadEnv('dev', process.cwd())
-const port = VITE_PORT_ENV ?? '8443'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  timeout: 60 * 1000,
-  testDir: 'tests',
-  fullyParallel: false,
-  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 1,
-  testMatch: /^(?!.*in-cluster|.*reconnect)(.+\.)?(test|spec)\.[jt]s$/,
-  use: {
-    baseURL: `https://runtime-local.uds.dev:${port}/`,
-  },
-})
-
-export { port }
diff --git a/ui/playwright.config.ts b/ui/playwright.config.ts
index ec55a2c1..2e728ac5 100644
--- a/ui/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/ui/playwright.config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test'
 import { loadEnv } from 'vite'
 
 const { VITE_PORT_ENV } = loadEnv('dev', process.cwd())
+const TEST_CONFIG = process.env.TEST_CFG || 'default'
 
 // use port 8443 because by default we use TLS when running locally
 const port = VITE_PORT_ENV ?? '8443'
@@ -73,6 +74,13 @@ const reconnect = {
   },
 }
 
-export default defineConfig({ projects: [defaultConfig, localAuth, inCluster, reconnect] })
+const configs = {
+  default: defaultConfig,
+  localAuth,
+  inCluster,
+  reconnect,
+}
+
+export default defineConfig({ ...configs[TEST_CONFIG] })
 
 export { port }
diff --git a/ui/playwright.reconnect.config.ts b/ui/playwright.reconnect.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bd5ca976..00000000
--- a/ui/playwright.reconnect.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test'
-import { loadEnv } from 'vite'
-
-const { VITE_PORT_ENV } = loadEnv('dev', process.cwd())
-
-// use port 8443 because by default we use TLS when running locally
-const port = VITE_PORT_ENV ?? '8443'
-const protocol = 'https'
-const host = 'runtime-local.uds.dev'
-
-export default defineConfig({
-  webServer: {
-    command: '../build/uds-runtime',
-    url: `${protocol}://${host}:${port}`,
-    reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-    env: { LOCAL_AUTH_ENABLED: 'false' },
-  },
-  timeout: 10 * 1000,
-  testDir: 'tests',
-  fullyParallel: false,
-  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 1,
-  testMatch: 'reconnect.spec.ts',
-  use: {
-    baseURL: `https://runtime-local.uds.dev:${port}/`,
-  },
-})
-
-export { port }