diff --git a/spec/support/capybara.rb b/spec/support/capybara.rb
index c34e76fa72f..4aa81a03558 100644
--- a/spec/support/capybara.rb
+++ b/spec/support/capybara.rb
@@ -35,4 +35,13 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     TestEnv.eager_load_driver_server
     $capybara_server_already_started = true
   end
+
+  config.after(:each, :js) do
+    # capybara/rspec already calls Capybara.reset_sessions! in an `after` hook,
+    # but `block_and_wait_for_requests_complete` is called before it so by
+    # calling it explicitely here, we prevent any new requests from being fired
+    # See https://github.com/teamcapybara/capybara/blob/ffb41cfad620de1961bb49b1562a9fa9b28c0903/lib/capybara/rspec.rb#L20-L25
+    Capybara.reset_sessions!
+    block_and_wait_for_requests_complete
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/wait_for_requests.rb b/spec/support/wait_for_requests.rb
index 1cbe609c0e0..b5c3c0f55b8 100644
--- a/spec/support/wait_for_requests.rb
+++ b/spec/support/wait_for_requests.rb
@@ -53,9 +53,3 @@ module WaitForRequests
     Capybara.current_driver == Capybara.javascript_driver
   end
 end
-
-RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.after(:each, :js) do
-    block_and_wait_for_requests_complete
-  end
-end