diff --git a/distributed/utils_test.py b/distributed/utils_test.py
index a40cf14151d..04b6ef3decb 100644
--- a/distributed/utils_test.py
+++ b/distributed/utils_test.py
@@ -870,7 +870,8 @@ async def test_foo(scheduler, worker1, worker2):
         nthreads = ncores
 
     worker_kwargs = merge(
-        {"memory_limit": system.MEMORY_LIMIT, "death_timeout": 10}, worker_kwargs
+        {"memory_limit": system.MEMORY_LIMIT, "death_timeout": 10, "dashboard": False},
+        worker_kwargs,
     )
 
     def _(func):