diff --git a/test/example_data.dart b/test/example_data.dart
index 4785917814..97527f42db 100644
--- a/test/example_data.dart
+++ b/test/example_data.dart
@@ -885,16 +885,12 @@ GlobalSettingsData globalSettings({
     themeSetting: themeSetting,
   );
 }
-const _globalSettings = globalSettings;
 
 TestGlobalStore globalStore({
   GlobalSettingsData? globalSettings,
   List<Account> accounts = const [],
 }) {
-  return TestGlobalStore(
-    globalSettings: globalSettings ?? _globalSettings(),
-    accounts: accounts,
-  );
+  return TestGlobalStore(globalSettings: globalSettings, accounts: accounts);
 }
 const _globalStore = globalStore;
 
diff --git a/test/model/store_test.dart b/test/model/store_test.dart
index 9d92285800..61b4ece5cf 100644
--- a/test/model/store_test.dart
+++ b/test/model/store_test.dart
@@ -1152,9 +1152,7 @@ void main() {
 }
 
 class LoadingTestGlobalStore extends TestGlobalStore {
-  LoadingTestGlobalStore({
-    required super.accounts,
-  }) : super(globalSettings: eg.globalSettings());
+  LoadingTestGlobalStore({required super.accounts});
 
   Map<int, List<Completer<PerAccountStore>>> completers = {};
 
diff --git a/test/model/test_store.dart b/test/model/test_store.dart
index f119343b0f..ebf6e66f1b 100644
--- a/test/model/test_store.dart
+++ b/test/model/test_store.dart
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ import '../example_data.dart' as eg;
 ///
 /// See also [TestZulipBinding.globalStore], which provides one of these.
 class TestGlobalStore extends GlobalStore {
-  TestGlobalStore({required super.globalSettings, required super.accounts});
+  TestGlobalStore({
+    GlobalSettingsData? globalSettings,
+    required super.accounts,
+  }) : super(globalSettings: globalSettings ?? eg.globalSettings());
 
   @override
   Future<void> doUpdateGlobalSettings(GlobalSettingsCompanion data) async {