diff --git a/tests/block_test_util.go b/tests/block_test_util.go
index 6a96477614..a76037405b 100644
--- a/tests/block_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/block_test_util.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func (t *BlockTest) Run(snapshotter bool, scheme string, witness bool, tracer *t
 		TrieCleanLimit: 0,
 		StateScheme:    scheme,
 		Preimages:      true,
+		TxLookupLimit:  -1, // disable tx indexing
 		VmConfig: vm.Config{
 			Tracer:                  tracer,
 			StatelessSelfValidation: witness,