diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3d01bbee6..2402bb94a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   gem 'capybara'
-  gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'factory_bot_rails'
   gem 'pundit-matchers'
   gem 'rails-controller-testing'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e0aab97d5..42065148a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@ GEM
     csv (3.3.0)
     dachsfisch (1.0.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.14.1, < 2.0.0)
-    database_cleaner (2.0.2)
-      database_cleaner-active_record (>= 2, < 3)
-    database_cleaner-active_record (2.2.0)
-      activerecord (>= 5.a)
-      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
-    database_cleaner-core (2.0.1)
     date (3.3.4)
     debug_inspector (1.2.0)
     deep_merge (1.2.2)
@@ -608,7 +602,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   capybara
   coffee-rails
   config
-  database_cleaner
   devise (~> 4.9)
   devise-bootstrap-views
   factory_bot_rails
diff --git a/spec/db/seeds_spec.rb b/spec/db/seeds_spec.rb
index 5b64746cd..cf5f6e960 100644
--- a/spec/db/seeds_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/db/seeds_spec.rb
@@ -14,16 +14,14 @@
     Rake::Task['db:migrate'].invoke
 
     # We want to execute the seeds for the dev environment against the test database
-    # rubocop:disable Rails/Inquiry
-    allow(Rails).to receive(:env) { 'development'.inquiry }
-    # rubocop:enable Rails/Inquiry
+    allow(Rails).to receive(:env) { 'development'.inquiry } # rubocop:disable Rails/Inquiry
     allow(ActiveRecord::Base).to receive(:establish_connection).and_call_original
     allow(ActiveRecord::Base).to receive(:establish_connection).with(:development) {
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:test)
     }
   end
 
-  describe 'execute db:seed', cleaning_strategy: :truncation do
+  describe 'execute db:seed' do
     it 'collects the test results' do
       expect { seed }.not_to raise_error
     end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 03fd022c3..30a83c3a8 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
   # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
   # instead of true.
-  config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
+  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
 
   # You can uncomment this line to turn off ActiveRecord support entirely.
   # config.use_active_record = false
diff --git a/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb b/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5efe0eb40..000000000
--- a/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'capybara/rspec'
-
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
-
-  config.before(:suite) do
-    if config.use_transactional_fixtures?
-      raise(<<-MSG)
-        Delete line `config.use_transactional_fixtures = true` from rails_helper.rb
-        (or set it to false) to prevent uncommitted transactions being used in
-        JavaScript-dependent specs.
-
-        During testing, the app-under-test that the browser driver connects to
-        uses a different database connection to the database connection used by
-        the spec. The app's database connection would not be able to access
-        uncommitted transaction data setup over the spec's database connection.
-      MSG
-    end
-
-    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
-  end
-
-  config.before do |example|
-    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = example.metadata[:cleaning_strategy] || :transaction
-  end
-
-  config.before(:each, type: :system) do
-    # :rack_test driver's Rack app under test shares database connection
-    # with the specs, so continue to use transaction strategy for speed.
-    unless Capybara.current_driver == :rack_test
-      # Driver is probably for an external browser with an app
-      # under test that does *not* share a database connection with the
-      # specs, so use truncation strategy.
-      DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
-    end
-  end
-
-  config.before do
-    DatabaseCleaner.start
-  end
-
-  config.append_after do
-    DatabaseCleaner.clean
-  end
-end