diff --git a/tests/e2e/login.test.ts b/tests/e2e/login.test.ts
index 307f64c52c..c6759f636a 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/login.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/login.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
-import {login, logout, login_user} from './utils.ts';
+import {login, logout} from './utils.ts';
 
 test('homepage', async ({page}) => {
   const response = await page.goto('/');
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ test('homepage', async ({page}) => {
 });
 
 test('logged in user', async ({browser}) => {
-  const context = await login_user(browser, 'e2e');
+  const context = await browser.newContext();
   const page = await context.newPage();
+  await login(page, 'e2e');
   const response = await page.goto('/');
   expect(response?.status()).toBe(200);
 });
diff --git a/tests/e2e/utils.ts b/tests/e2e/utils.ts
index 3262c3bf87..39d8218be6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/utils.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/utils.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import {expect} from '@playwright/test';
-import type {Browser, Page} from '@playwright/test';
+import type {Page} from '@playwright/test';
 
-const LOGIN_PASSWORD = 'password';
-
-export async function login(page: Page, user: string = 'e2e') {
+export async function login(page: Page, user: string = process.env.E2E_USER) {
   await page.goto('/user/login');
   await page.getByLabel('Username or Email Address').fill(user);
-  await page.getByLabel('Password').fill(LOGIN_PASSWORD);
+  await page.getByLabel('Password').fill(process.env.E2E_PASSWORD);
   await page.getByRole('button', {name: 'Sign In'}).click();
   await expect(page.getByRole('link', {name: 'Sign In'})).toBeHidden();
 }
@@ -15,10 +13,3 @@ export async function logout(page: Page) {
   await page.getByText('Sign Out').dispatchEvent('click');
   await expect(page.getByRole('link', {name: 'Sign In'})).toBeVisible();
 }
-
-export async function login_user(browser: Browser, user: string) {
-  const context = await browser.newContext();
-  const page = await context.newPage();
-  await login(page, user);
-  return context;
-}
diff --git a/tools/test-e2e.sh b/tools/test-e2e.sh
index c59ecce458..cdf8047775 100755
--- a/tools/test-e2e.sh
+++ b/tools/test-e2e.sh
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ if ! curl -sf --max-time 5 "$GITEA_TEST_SERVER_URL/api/v1/users/$E2E_USER" > /de
 fi
 
 export GITEA_TEST_SERVER_URL
+export E2E_USER
+export E2E_PASSWORD
 exec pnpm exec playwright test "$@"