diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 3854adbf5c..f60e8b95ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ inputs.go-version }}
       - name: Integration
         env:
-          ADMIN_DB_CONFIG: CI
+          USE_LOCAL_SANDBOX: false
         run: |
           # attempt to clean up some unneeded data: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/2840#issuecomment-790492173
           sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
diff --git a/flyteadmin/tests/bootstrap.go b/flyteadmin/tests/bootstrap.go
index 7c5dc705c8..b3950b0b84 100644
--- a/flyteadmin/tests/bootstrap.go
+++ b/flyteadmin/tests/bootstrap.go
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ const insertExecutionQueryStr = `INSERT INTO "executions" ` +
 	`("execution_project","execution_domain","execution_name","phase","launch_plan_id","workflow_id") ` +
 	`VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%d', '%d')`
 
-const ENV_DB_CONFIG = "ADMIN_DB_CONFIG"
+const sandboxEnv = "USE_LOCAL_SANDBOX"
 
 var adminScope = promutils.NewScope("flyteadmin")
 
 func getDbConfigWithEnv() *database.DbConfig {
-	if os.Getenv(ENV_DB_CONFIG) == "CI" {
+	if os.Getenv(sandboxEnv) == "False" {
 		return getDbConfig()
 	} else {
 		return getSandboxDbConfig()