diff --git a/tests/pexpect_helper.py b/tests/pexpect_helper.py
index 3177aa6cd..70eb080de 100644
--- a/tests/pexpect_helper.py
+++ b/tests/pexpect_helper.py
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ class SpawnedProc(object):
         self.start_time = None
         if "FISH_PEXPECT_TESTS_RUNNING" not in env:
             env["FISH_PEXPECT_TESTS_RUNNING"] = "1"
+        if "FISH_TEST_NO_CURSOR_POSITION_QUERY" not in env:
+            env["FISH_TEST_NO_CURSOR_POSITION_QUERY"] = "1"
         self.spawn = pexpect.spawn(
             exe_path, env=env, encoding="utf-8", timeout=timeout, **kwargs
         )