diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f673a52ccf4070..795f0842d6aea8 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 !.rat-excludes
 !.flake8
 !pylintrc
+!pytest.ini
 !LICENSE
 !MANIFEST.in
 !NOTICE
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a485c0f9b9a0a2..0498a31c1839a7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ COPY docs/ ${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/docs/
 COPY tests/ ${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/tests/
 COPY airflow/ ${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/airflow/
 COPY .coveragerc .rat-excludes .flake8 pylintrc LICENSE MANIFEST.in NOTICE CHANGELOG.txt \
-     .github \
+     .github pytest.ini \
      setup.cfg setup.py \
      ${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/
 
diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/pytest.ini
rename to pytest.ini
index 9eab3b153b0f57..7f838bbb150de9 100644
--- a/tests/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ addopts =
     --ignore=tests/dags/test_impersonation_subdag.py
     --ignore=tests/dags/test_subdag.py
 norecursedirs =
+    .eggs
+    airflow
     tests/dags_with_system_exit
     tests/test_utils
     tests/dags_corrupted
diff --git a/scripts/ci/_utils.sh b/scripts/ci/_utils.sh
index 5137ce0253c26e..9ad65454eb7372 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/_utils.sh
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ elif [[ ${AIRFLOW_MOUNT_HOST_VOLUMES_FOR_STATIC_CHECKS} == "true" ]]; then
       "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/tests:/opt/airflow/tests:cached" \
       "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/.flake8:/opt/airflow/.flake8:cached" \
       "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/pylintrc:/opt/airflow/pylintrc:cached" \
+      "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/pytest.ini:/opt/airflow/pytest.ini:cached" \
       "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/setup.cfg:/opt/airflow/setup.cfg:cached" \
       "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/setup.py:/opt/airflow/setup.py:cached" \
       "-v" "${AIRFLOW_SOURCES}/.rat-excludes:/opt/airflow/.rat-excludes:cached" \
diff --git a/scripts/ci/docker-compose-local.yml b/scripts/ci/docker-compose-local.yml
index dc1ba05c2a245a..e44fab57e4ff26 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/docker-compose-local.yml
+++ b/scripts/ci/docker-compose-local.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ services:
       - ../../.inputrc:/root/.inputrc:cached
       - ../../.flake8:/opt/airflow/.flake8:cached
       - ../../pylintrc:/opt/airflow/pylintrc:cached
+      - ../../pytest.ini:/opt/airflow/pytest.ini:cached
       - ../../.rat-excludes:/opt/airflow/.rat-excludes:cached
       - ../../logs:/root/airflow/logs:cached
       - ../../tmp:/opt/airflow/tmp:cached
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_executor.py b/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_executor.py
index c335f16f0de110..14fb2958f348ec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_executor.py
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_executor.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 try:
     check_call(["/usr/local/bin/kubectl", "get", "pods"])
 except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-    if os.environ.get('KUBERNETES_VERSION'):
+    if os.environ.get('KUBERNETES_VERSION') and os.environ.get('ENV', 'kubernetes') == 'kubernetes':
         raise e
     else:
         raise unittest.SkipTest(
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index 35c414c52cc1ac..2e1f537d85bac7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 try:
     check_call(["/usr/local/bin/kubectl", "get", "pods"])
 except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-    if os.environ.get('KUBERNETES_VERSION'):
+    if os.environ.get('KUBERNETES_VERSION') and os.environ.get('ENV', 'kubernetes') == 'kubernetes':
         raise e
     else:
         raise unittest.SkipTest(