diff --git a/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestBase.java b/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestBase.java
index 75a76d8ae..33d8327aa 100644
--- a/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestBase.java
+++ b/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestBase.java
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.Isolated;
 import software.coley.recaf.Bootstrap;
 import software.coley.recaf.Recaf;
-import software.coley.recaf.services.plugin.PluginManagerConfig;
-import software.coley.recaf.util.TestEnvironment;
 import software.coley.recaf.services.workspace.WorkspaceManager;
+import software.coley.recaf.util.TestEnvironment;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
@@ -17,9 +16,17 @@
  */
 @Isolated
 public class TestBase {
-	protected static final Recaf recaf = Bootstrap.get();
+	protected static final Recaf recaf;
 	protected static WorkspaceManager workspaceManager;
 
+	static {
+		Bootstrap.setWeldConsumer(w -> w.addPackage(true, TestConfigSetup.class));
+		recaf = Bootstrap.get();
+
+		// Trigger the test-default bean to load
+		recaf.get(TestConfigSetup.class).configure();
+	}
+
 	@BeforeAll
 	public static void setupWorkspaceManager() {
 		TestEnvironment.initTestEnv();
diff --git a/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestConfigSetup.java b/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestConfigSetup.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d822f9100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recaf-core/src/testFixtures/java/software/coley/recaf/test/TestConfigSetup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package software.coley.recaf.test;
+
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import software.coley.recaf.services.compile.JavacCompilerConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Configures default values for the test environment. Some of our values that are best enabled by default
+ * for users aren't the best for testing the 'base case' of things during test development.
+ *
+ * @author Matt Coley
+ */
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class TestConfigSetup {
+	private final JavacCompilerConfig javac;
+
+	@Inject
+	public TestConfigSetup(JavacCompilerConfig javac) {
+		this.javac = javac;
+	}
+	
+	public void configure() {
+		// Do not generate phantoms by default when using the compiler service
+		javac.getGeneratePhantoms().setValue(false);
+	}
+}