diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/axe.ts b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/axe.ts
index b7c03763cc..f438b56d1f 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/axe.ts
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/axe.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
 Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
+import { test as base } from "@playwright/test";
 import AxeBuilder from "@axe-core/playwright";
 
-import { test as base } from "./user.js";
-
-// We want to avoid using `mergeTests` because it drops useful type information about the fixtures. Instead, we extend
-// the definition of `test` from `user.ts`, so that there is a linear hierarchy.
+// This fixture is useful for simple component library tests that won't want any extra services like a homeserver, so we
+// explicitly avoid pulling anything more than playwright's base fixtures in.
 export const test = base.extend<{
     /**
      * AxeBuilder instance for the current page
diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/index.ts b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/index.ts
index de7bce2f29..04dfb50189 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/index.ts
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/index.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 export { type Services, type WorkerOptions } from "./services.js";
 
 // We avoid using `mergeTests` because it drops useful type information about the fixtures.
-// `axe` is the top of our stack of extensions (it extends `user`, etc), so it's the one we want to use.
-export { test } from "./axe.js";
+// `user` is the top of our stack of extensions (it extends services, axe, etc), so it includes everything.
+export { test } from "./user.js";
diff --git a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/services.ts b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/services.ts
index 2c91bae1a0..d4256c6213 100644
--- a/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/services.ts
+++ b/packages/element-web-playwright-common/src/fixtures/services.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
 Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
-import { test as base } from "@playwright/test";
 import { type MailpitClient } from "mailpit-api";
 import { Network, type StartedNetwork } from "testcontainers";
 import { PostgreSqlContainer, type StartedPostgreSqlContainer } from "@testcontainers/postgresql";
@@ -20,6 +19,9 @@ import {
     type StartedMailpitContainer,
 } from "../testcontainers/index.js";
 import { Logger } from "../utils/logger.js";
+// We want to avoid using `mergeTests` in index.ts because it drops useful type information about the fixtures. Instead,
+// we add `axe` into our fixture suite by using its `test` as a base, so that there is a linear hierarchy.
+import { test as base } from "./axe.js";
 
 /**
  * Test-scoped fixtures available in the test