diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs
index debbf913b8..872e59e6e6 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/DummyChatProvider.cs
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live
 			return mock.Object;
 		}
 
-		public static Task RandomDisconnections(bool enabled, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+		public static void RandomDisconnections(bool enabled)
 		{
 			// we just don't do random disconnections when live testing these days, too many potential issue vectors like thread exhaustion on actions runners
-			return Task.CompletedTask;
+			enableRandomDisconnections = enabled ? 1 : 0;
 		}
 
 		public DummyChatProvider(
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
index 24e1dca471..678ef10fc7 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/WatchdogTest.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 			await TestDMApiFreeDeploy(cancellationToken);
 
 			// long running test likes consistency with the channels
-			await DummyChatProvider.RandomDisconnections(false, cancellationToken);
+			DummyChatProvider.RandomDisconnections(false);
 
 			await RunLongRunningTestThenUpdate(cancellationToken);
 
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs
index 96ee8ba640..9ac95ce865 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/TestLiveServer.cs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live
 
 			await CachingFileDownloader.InitializeAndInjectForLiveTests(default);
 
-			await DummyChatProvider.RandomDisconnections(true, default);
+			DummyChatProvider.RandomDisconnections(true);
 			ServerClientFactory.ApiClientFactory = new RateLimitRetryingApiClientFactory();
 
 			var connectionString = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TGS_TEST_CONNECTION_STRING");
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live
 					await chatTestObj.RunPostTest(cancellationToken);
 					await repoTest;
 
-					await DummyChatProvider.RandomDisconnections(false, cancellationToken);
+					DummyChatProvider.RandomDisconnections(false);
 
 					jobsHubTest.CompleteNow();
 					await jobsHubTestTask;