diff --git a/src/agents/tools/web-tools.enabled-defaults.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/web-tools.enabled-defaults.test.ts
index 95187a97b8a..5ee63c5adb9 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/web-tools.enabled-defaults.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/web-tools.enabled-defaults.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { EnvHttpProxyAgent } from "undici";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { createEmptyPluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/registry.js";
 import { setActivePluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
+import { clearSecretsRuntimeSnapshot } from "../../secrets/runtime.js";
 import { withFetchPreconnect } from "../../test-utils/fetch-mock.js";
 import { __testing as webSearchTesting } from "./web-search.js";
 import { createWebFetchTool, createWebSearchTool } from "./web-tools.js";
@@ -152,8 +153,14 @@ function createProviderSuccessPayload(
   };
 }
 
+beforeEach(() => {
+  setActivePluginRegistry(createEmptyPluginRegistry());
+  clearSecretsRuntimeSnapshot();
+});
+
 afterEach(() => {
   setActivePluginRegistry(createEmptyPluginRegistry());
+  clearSecretsRuntimeSnapshot();
 });
 
 describe("web tools defaults", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts b/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts
index da5691ed85f..0fb978c037d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-fetch-providers.runtime.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ function buildWebFetchSnapshotCacheKey(params: {
     onlyPluginIds: [...new Set(params.onlyPluginIds ?? [])].toSorted((left, right) =>
       left.localeCompare(right),
     ),
-    config: params.config ?? null,
     env: buildPluginSnapshotCacheEnvKey(params.env),
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts b/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts
index a0c8d7fdc90..55f28576bc7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/web-search-providers.runtime.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ function buildWebSearchSnapshotCacheKey(params: {
     onlyPluginIds: [...new Set(params.onlyPluginIds ?? [])].toSorted((left, right) =>
       left.localeCompare(right),
     ),
-    config: params.config ?? null,
     env: buildPluginSnapshotCacheEnvKey(params.env),
   });
 }