diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/api/run_tests.sh b/.ci/jenkins/api/run_tests.sh
index ecd00019c78..ea0f7c1cfb3 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/api/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/api/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --external_tmp --clean_pyc --skip_flakey_fails -api "$@"
+./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --clean_pyc --skip_flakey_fails -api "$@"
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/framework/run_tests.sh b/.ci/jenkins/framework/run_tests.sh
index 88c6b8f6bf8..df1bad416a3 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/framework/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/framework/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --external_tmp --clean_pyc --framework "$@"
+./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --clean_pyc --framework "$@"
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/integration/run_tests.sh b/.ci/jenkins/integration/run_tests.sh
index 91d4741503f..f5b8f320f8e 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/integration/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/integration/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --external_tmp --clean_pyc --integration "$@"
+./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --clean_pyc --integration "$@"
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/main-tools/run_tests.sh b/.ci/jenkins/main-tools/run_tests.sh
index 8b9edccddec..cb8a0d27a7f 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/main-tools/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/main-tools/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --external_tmp --clean_pyc -main "$@"
+./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --clean_pyc -main "$@"
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/selenium/run_tests.sh b/.ci/jenkins/selenium/run_tests.sh
index 067d4b6cc3a..a5991b9685d 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/selenium/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/selenium/run_tests.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ docker run -e GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=Jenkins -e GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=jenkins@galaxypr
 DOCKER_RUN_EXTRA_ARGS="--shm-size=2g -v $YARN_CACHE_FOLDER:$YARN_CACHE_FOLDER -e YARN_CACHE_FOLDER=$YARN_CACHE_FOLDER -e USE_SELENIUM=1 -e GALAXY_TEST_SELENIUM_RETRIES=${GALAXY_TEST_SELENIUM_RETRIES} -e GALAXY_TEST_ERRORS_DIRECTORY=${GALAXY_TEST_ERRORS_DIRECTORY} -e GALAXY_TEST_SCREENSHOTS_DIRECTORY=${GALAXY_TEST_SCREENSHOTS_DIRECTORY} ${DOCKER_RUN_EXTRA_ARGS}"
 export DOCKER_RUN_EXTRA_ARGS
 
-./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --external_tmp --clean_pyc --skip_flakey_fails --selenium "$@"
+./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --clean_pyc --skip_flakey_fails --selenium "$@"
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/toolshed/run_tests.sh b/.ci/jenkins/toolshed/run_tests.sh
index c200d0477e7..c250041c862 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/toolshed/run_tests.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/toolshed/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres  --external_tmp --clean_pyc --toolshed "$@"
+./run_tests.sh --dockerize --db postgres --clean_pyc --toolshed "$@"