diff --git a/shared/datastore/tests/integration/conftest.py b/shared/datastore/tests/integration/conftest.py
index 0afb893..e4fce47 100644
--- a/shared/datastore/tests/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/shared/datastore/tests/integration/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Integration test configurations."""
 
-import logging
 import os
 import random
 from collections.abc import Iterator
@@ -8,65 +7,25 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from minio import Minio
 from PIL import Image
-from testcontainers.core.container import inside_container
-from testcontainers.minio import MinioContainer
-
-
-class FixedMinioContainer(MinioContainer):
-    """Fixed Minio Container to allow running inside CI pipeline."""
-
-    def get_container_host_ip(self) -> str:
-        if inside_container() and Path('/var/run/docker.sock').exists():
-            return self.get_docker_client().gateway_ip(self._container.id)
-        return super().get_container_host_ip()
-
 
 env_var_map = {
-    'MINIO_ENDPOINT': 'localhost:9000',
-    'MINIO_ACCESS_KEY': 'test-access-key',
-    'MINIO_SECRET_KEY': 'test-secret-key',
     'MINIO_BUCKET_NAME': 'test-bucket',
     'MINIO_OBJECT_NAME': '46KXJMFIAPVLM0TKRFZR5YPPTVJ6PJNX',
 }
-container_map = {
-    'minio': FixedMinioContainer(
-        port=env_var_map['MINIO_ENDPOINT'].rsplit(':', maxsplit=1)[-1],
-        access_key=env_var_map['MINIO_ACCESS_KEY'],
-        secret_key=env_var_map['MINIO_SECRET_KEY'],
-    ),
-}
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope='session', autouse=True)
-def setup_infrastructure(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> None:
-    """Prepare infrastructure for integration test."""
-    # prepare infrastructure
-    for container in container_map.values():
-        container.start()
-    # update env var map
-    minio_host = container_map['minio'].get_container_host_ip()
-    minio_port = container_map['minio'].get_exposed_port(
-        port=env_var_map['MINIO_ENDPOINT'].rsplit(':', maxsplit=1)[-1],
-    )
-    env_var_map['MINIO_ENDPOINT'] = f'{minio_host}:{minio_port}'
-    logging.error('MINIO_ENDPOINT: %s', env_var_map['MINIO_ENDPOINT'])
-
-    # ensure cleanup
-    def cleanup_infrastructure():
-        for container in container_map.values():
-            container.stop()
-
-    request.addfinalizer(cleanup_infrastructure)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session', autouse=True)
 def populate_env(
     request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
-    setup_infrastructure,
 ) -> None:
     """Populate environment with variables used for testing."""
+    # read env-file for local testing
+    load_dotenv(
+        dotenv_path=Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.parent.parent / 'server.env',
+    )
     # update env
     for key, val in env_var_map.items():
         os.environ[key] = val
@@ -81,7 +40,6 @@ def populate_env(
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
 def minio_client(
-    setup_infrastructure,
     populate_env,
 ) -> Iterator[Minio]:
     # prepare arguments
@@ -101,6 +59,15 @@ def minio_client(
         client.make_bucket(bucket_name=minio_bucket_name)
     # expose client
     yield client
+    # remove objects left behind by tests
+    for obj_name in client.list_objects(bucket_name=minio_bucket_name, recursive=True):
+        client.remove_object(
+            bucket_name=minio_bucket_name,
+            object_name=obj_name,
+        )
+    # remove bucket
+    client.remove_bucket(bucket_name=minio_bucket_name)
+    assert not client.bucket_exists(bucket_name=minio_bucket_name)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -123,7 +90,7 @@ def data_in_minio(
     # convert data
     buffer = BytesIO(data)
     # prepare for saving
-    num_bytes = buffer.tell()
+    num_bytes = len(buffer.getvalue())
     buffer.seek(0)
     # send data to bucket
     minio_client.put_object(