diff --git a/pkg/services/apikey/apikeyimpl/store_test.go b/pkg/services/apikey/apikeyimpl/store_test.go
index dda62c750bd..840c8f7449d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/apikey/apikeyimpl/store_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/apikey/apikeyimpl/store_test.go
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ func seedApiKeys(t *testing.T, store store, num int) {
 }
 
 func testIntegrationApiKeyDataAccess(t *testing.T, fn getStore) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
 	t.Helper()
 
 	mockTimeNow()
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/alertrule/alertrule_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/alertrule/alertrule_test.go
index 5d4a8b67497..ef44d030360 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/alertrule/alertrule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/alertrule/alertrule_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/common"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/testsuite"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/testutil"
 	prom_model "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 )
 
@@ -26,9 +27,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationResourceIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -124,9 +123,7 @@ func TestIntegrationResourcePermissions(t *testing.T) {
 // TestIntegrationAccessControl tests basic access control functionality
 // Access control is primarily handled in the service layer, so this test focuses on basic CRUD operations
 func TestIntegrationAccessControl(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -208,9 +205,7 @@ func TestIntegrationAccessControl(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationCRUD(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -472,9 +467,7 @@ func TestIntegrationCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationPatch(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -551,9 +544,7 @@ func TestIntegrationPatch(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationBasicAPI(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/alertrule_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/alertrule_test.go
index 4eb2cc39b52..ba37d62049e 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/alertrule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/alertrule_test.go
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/api/alerting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/common"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/testutil"
 	prom_model "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
 func TestIntegrationAlertRuleCompatCreateViaK8s(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -145,9 +144,7 @@ func TestIntegrationAlertRuleCompatCreateViaK8s(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationAlertRuleCompatCreateViaProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -287,9 +284,7 @@ func TestIntegrationAlertRuleCompatCreateViaProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationAlertRuleCompatCreateViaProvisioningChangeGroupInK8s(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/recordingrule_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/recordingrule_test.go
index 25f4dbf243b..6b35ba972a6 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/recordingrule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/compat/recordingrule_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/common"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/testsuite"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/testutil"
 	prom_model "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -24,9 +25,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationRecordingRuleCompatCreateViaK8s(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -152,9 +151,7 @@ func TestIntegrationRecordingRuleCompatCreateViaK8s(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationRecordingRuleCompatCreateViaProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -296,9 +293,7 @@ func TestIntegrationRecordingRuleCompatCreateViaProvisioning(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationRecordingRuleCompatCreateViaProvisioningChangeGroupInK8s(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/recordingrule/recordingrule_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/recordingrule/recordingrule_test.go
index 1f024e9fb7f..783a90f777d 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/recordingrule/recordingrule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/recordingrule/recordingrule_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/apis/alerting/rules/common"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tests/testsuite"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/testutil"
 	prom_model "github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 )
 
@@ -25,9 +26,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationResourceIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -123,9 +122,7 @@ func TestIntegrationResourcePermissions(t *testing.T) {
 // TestIntegrationAccessControl tests basic access control functionality
 // Access control is primarily handled in the service layer, so this test focuses on basic CRUD operations
 func TestIntegrationAccessControl(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -207,9 +204,7 @@ func TestIntegrationAccessControl(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationCRUD(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -465,9 +460,7 @@ func TestIntegrationCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationPatch(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
@@ -544,9 +537,7 @@ func TestIntegrationPatch(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationBasicAPI(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	helper := common.GetTestHelper(t)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_pgx_snapshot_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_pgx_snapshot_test.go
index f65267dbb2f..e5a5decf3ae 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_pgx_snapshot_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_pgx_snapshot_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/sqleng"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/testutil"
 )
 
 // These tests require a real postgres database:
@@ -28,12 +29,10 @@ import (
 // Use the docker/blocks/postgres_tests/docker-compose.yaml to spin up a
 // preconfigured Postgres server suitable for running these tests.
 func TestIntegrationPostgresPGXSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
+
 	// the logic in this function is copied from postgres_tests.go
 	shouldRunTest := func() bool {
-		if testing.Short() {
-			return false
-		}
-
 		testDbName, present := os.LookupEnv("GRAFANA_TEST_DB")
 
 		if present && testDbName == "postgres" {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_snapshot_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_snapshot_test.go
index b94880ceedd..c0017825b82 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_snapshot_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/grafana-postgresql-datasource/postgres_snapshot_test.go
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ func TestIntegrationPostgresSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// the logic in this function is copied from postgres_tests.go
 	shouldRunTest := func() bool {
-		if testing.Short() {
-			return false
-		}
-
 		testDbName, present := os.LookupEnv("GRAFANA_TEST_DB")
 
 		if present && testDbName == "postgres" {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/fsql/fsql_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/fsql/fsql_test.go
index 562710aa24c..f437fb3be8f 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/fsql/fsql_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/fsql/fsql_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/testutil"
 )
 
 type FSQLTestSuite struct {
@@ -56,9 +57,8 @@ func (suite *FSQLTestSuite) AfterTest(suiteName, testName string) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationFSQLTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test in short mode")
-	}
+	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
+
 	suite.Run(t, new(FSQLTestSuite))
 }