diff --git a/tools/test-js-with-node b/tools/test-js-with-node
index ce2ea53709..c7aa160828 100755
--- a/tools/test-js-with-node
+++ b/tools/test-js-with-node
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ EXEMPT_FILES = make_set(
         "web/src/realm_icon.ts",
         "web/src/realm_logo.ts",
         "web/src/realm_playground.ts",
-        "web/src/realm_user_settings_defaults.ts",
         "web/src/recent_view_ui.ts",
         "web/src/reload.ts",
         "web/src/reload_setup.js",
diff --git a/web/tests/dispatch.test.js b/web/tests/dispatch.test.js
index 68538edb35..e364755cf3 100644
--- a/web/tests/dispatch.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/dispatch.test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const {make_stub} = require("./lib/stub");
 const {run_test, noop} = require("./lib/test");
 const blueslip = require("./lib/zblueslip");
 const $ = require("./lib/zjquery");
-const {page_params, realm_user_settings_defaults} = require("./lib/zpage_params");
+const {page_params} = require("./lib/zpage_params");
 
 const event_fixtures = events.fixtures;
 const test_message = events.test_message;
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ const user_group_edit = mock_esm("../src/user_group_edit");
 const overlays = mock_esm("../src/overlays");
 mock_esm("../src/giphy");
 const {Filter} = zrequire("filter");
+const {initialize: initialize_realm_user_settings_defaults} = zrequire(
+    "realm_user_settings_defaults",
+);
 const {set_current_user, set_realm} = zrequire("state_data");
 const {initialize_user_settings} = zrequire("user_settings");
 
@@ -104,6 +107,8 @@ const realm = {};
 set_realm(realm);
 const current_user = {};
 set_current_user(current_user);
+const realm_user_settings_defaults = {};
+initialize_realm_user_settings_defaults({realm_user_settings_defaults});
 const user_settings = {};
 initialize_user_settings({user_settings});
 
diff --git a/web/tests/lib/index.js b/web/tests/lib/index.js
index 29cb2a9c0d..94896a22f3 100644
--- a/web/tests/lib/index.js
+++ b/web/tests/lib/index.js
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ test.set_verbose(files.length === 1);
         require("../../src/billing/page_params");
         namespace.mock_esm("../../src/page_params", zpage_params);
         require("../../src/page_params");
-        namespace.mock_esm("../../src/realm_user_settings_defaults", zpage_params);
-        require("../../src/realm_user_settings_defaults");
 
         try {
             await run_one_module(file);
diff --git a/web/tests/lib/zpage_params.js b/web/tests/lib/zpage_params.js
index c76c1dd7b4..dc027b0de5 100644
--- a/web/tests/lib/zpage_params.js
+++ b/web/tests/lib/zpage_params.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
 exports.page_params = {};
-exports.realm_user_settings_defaults = {};
 
 exports.reset = () => {
     for (const field in exports.page_params) {
@@ -9,9 +8,4 @@ exports.reset = () => {
             delete exports.page_params[field];
         }
     }
-    for (const field in exports.realm_user_settings_defaults) {
-        if (Object.hasOwn(exports.realm_user_settings_defaults, field)) {
-            delete exports.realm_user_settings_defaults[field];
-        }
-    }
 };