diff --git a/spec/datadog/core/remote/transport/integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/core/remote/transport/integration_spec.rb
index a68589d6b9a..6f24ca1f6b5 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/core/remote/transport/integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/core/remote/transport/integration_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 require 'datadog/core/remote/transport/negotiation'
 
 RSpec.describe Datadog::Core::Remote::Transport::HTTP do
-  before { skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   describe '.root' do
     subject(:transport) { described_class.root(&client_options) }
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb
index d1f10398b09..da0d67b894e 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/integration_test_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 require 'spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Ethon integration tests' do
-  before { skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   context 'with Easy HTTP request' do
     subject(:request) do
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb
index b4041fc0629..cf9c5ef5a63 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/typhoeus_integration_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 require 'spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/ethon/support/thread_helpers'
 
 RSpec.describe Datadog::Tracing::Contrib::Ethon do
-  before { skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   before(:context) do
     # Ethon will lazily initialize LibCurl,
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/instrumentation_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/instrumentation_spec.rb
index 847b50c1527..9ac8c4d8b34 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/instrumentation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/instrumentation_spec.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 require 'datadog'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Redis instrumentation test' do
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
+
   let(:test_host) { ENV.fetch('TEST_REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1') }
   let(:test_port) { ENV.fetch('TEST_REDIS_PORT', 6379).to_i }
 
@@ -20,10 +22,6 @@
     Datadog.registry[:redis].reset_configuration!
   end
 
-  before do
-    skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION']
-  end
-
   RSpec::Matchers.define :be_a_redis_span do
     match(notify_expectation_failures: true) do |span|
       expect(span.name).to eq('redis.command')
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/integration_test_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/integration_test_spec.rb
index 2542ce7bdcd..57c23eda541 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/integration_test_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/integration_test_spec.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 require 'datadog'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Redis integration test' do
-  before do
-    skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION']
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
+  before do
     use_real_tracer!
 
     Datadog.configure do |c|
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/miniapp_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/miniapp_spec.rb
index 528b3251060..5864d453719 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/miniapp_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/contrib/redis/miniapp_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 require 'datadog'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Redis mini app test' do
-  before { skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   before do
     Datadog.configure { |c| c.tracing.instrument :redis }
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/integration_spec.rb
index 4aa9cd4fe66..c0d5b95021a 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/integration_spec.rb
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 RSpec.describe 'Tracer integration tests' do
   shared_context 'agent-based test' do
-    before do
-      skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION']
+    skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
+    before do
       # Ensure background Writer worker doesn't wait, making tests faster.
       stub_const('Datadog::Tracing::Workers::AsyncTransport::DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL', 0)
 
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/net_integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/net_integration_spec.rb
index 9edf8756dc0..e10bbe4d1f5 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/net_integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/net_integration_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 require 'datadog/core/transport/http/adapters/net'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Adapters::Net tracing integration tests' do
-  before { skip('Skipping test as ENV["TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION"] is not set') unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   subject(:adapter) { Datadog::Core::Transport::HTTP::Adapters::Net.new(agent_settings) }
 
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/unix_socket_integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/unix_socket_integration_spec.rb
index 4e3230cc31a..41b1efb5494 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/unix_socket_integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/adapters/unix_socket_integration_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 require 'datadog/core/transport/http/adapters/unix_socket'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Adapters::UnixSocket integration tests' do
-  before { skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   subject(:adapter) { Datadog::Core::Transport::HTTP::Adapters::UnixSocket.new(**options) }
 
diff --git a/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/integration_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/integration_spec.rb
index 9dc6a558eba..e93926a7c80 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/tracing/transport/http/integration_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 require 'datadog/tracing/transport/traces'
 
 RSpec.describe 'Datadog::Tracing::Transport::HTTP integration tests' do
-  before { skip unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION'] }
+  skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
   describe 'HTTP#default' do
     subject(:transport) { Datadog::Tracing::Transport::HTTP.default(&client_options) }
diff --git a/spec/support/core_helpers.rb b/spec/support/core_helpers.rb
index 9764d74d28d..27e3f94320f 100644
--- a/spec/support/core_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/core_helpers.rb
@@ -44,4 +44,18 @@ def supports_value_expectations?
       false
     end
   end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    def skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
+      unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION']
+        before(:all) do
+          skip 'Set TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION=1 in environment to run this test'
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend ClassMethods
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/test_helpers.rb b/spec/support/test_helpers.rb
index 40d10b98c54..06f49b94d5f 100644
--- a/spec/support/test_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/test_helpers.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@ module RSpec
     module Integration
       def self.included(base)
         base.class_exec do
-          before do
-            unless ENV['TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION']
-              skip('Integration tests can be enabled by setting the environment variable `TEST_DATADOG_INTEGRATION=1`')
-            end
-          end
+          skip_unless_integration_testing_enabled
 
           include_context 'non-development execution environment'
         end