diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures/server.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures/server.go
index 3772cab4235..486e7a90d45 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures/server.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/test/integration/fixtures/server.go
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ users:
 		"--authentication-kubeconfig", fakeKubeConfig.Name(),
 		"--authorization-kubeconfig", fakeKubeConfig.Name(),
 		"--kubeconfig", fakeKubeConfig.Name(),
+		// disable admission and filters that require talking to kube-apiserver
+		"--enable-priority-and-fairness=false",
 		"--disable-admission-plugins", "NamespaceLifecycle,MutatingAdmissionWebhook,ValidatingAdmissionWebhook"},
 		flags...,
 	), nil)