diff --git a/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTest.php b/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTest.php
index d09ea5afa..48e1ee949 100644
--- a/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTest.php
+++ b/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTest.php
@@ -67,96 +67,4 @@ class ListTest extends TestCase
 
         $this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode());
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function can_search_for_word_in_post()
-    {
-        $this->database()->table('discussions')->insert([
-            ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'lightsail in title', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'comment_count' => 1],
-            ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'not in title', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'comment_count' => 1],
-        ]);
-
-        $this->database()->table('posts')->insert([
-            ['id' => 2, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>not in text</p></t>'],
-            ['id' => 3, 'discussion_id' => 3, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>lightsail in text</p></t>'],
-        ]);
-
-        $response = $this->send(
-            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
-                ->withQueryParams([
-                    'filter' => ['q' => 'lightsail'],
-                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
-                ])
-        );
-
-        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
-        $ids = array_map(function ($row) {
-            return $row['id'];
-        }, $data['data']);
-
-        // Order-independent comparison
-        $this->assertEquals(['3'], $ids, 'IDs do not match', 0.0, 10, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function ignores_non_word_characters_when_searching()
-    {
-        $this->database()->table('discussions')->insert([
-            ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'lightsail in title', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'comment_count' => 1],
-            ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'not in title', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'comment_count' => 1],
-        ]);
-
-        $this->database()->table('posts')->insert([
-            ['id' => 2, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>not in text</p></t>'],
-            ['id' => 3, 'discussion_id' => 3, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 2, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>lightsail in text</p></t>'],
-        ]);
-
-        $response = $this->send(
-            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
-                ->withQueryParams([
-                    'filter' => ['q' => 'lightsail+'],
-                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
-                ])
-        );
-
-        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
-        $ids = array_map(function ($row) {
-            return $row['id'];
-        }, $data['data']);
-
-        // Order-independent comparison
-        $this->assertEquals(['3'], $ids, 'IDs do not match', 0.0, 10, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @test
-     */
-    public function search_for_special_characters_gives_empty_result()
-    {
-        $response = $this->send(
-            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
-                ->withQueryParams([
-                    'filter' => ['q' => '*'],
-                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
-                ])
-        );
-
-        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
-        $this->assertEquals([], $data['data']);
-
-        $response = $this->send(
-            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
-                ->withQueryParams([
-                    'filter' => ['q' => '@'],
-                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
-                ])
-        );
-
-        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
-        $this->assertEquals([], $data['data']);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTestWithFulltextSearch.php b/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTestWithFulltextSearch.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2de57bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListTestWithFulltextSearch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Tests\integration\api\discussions;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Flarum\Tests\integration\RetrievesAuthorizedUsers;
+use Flarum\Tests\integration\TestCase;
+
+class ListTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RetrievesAuthorizedUsers;
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->database()->rollBack();
+
+        // We need to insert these outside of a transaction, because FULLTEXT indexing,
+        // which is needed for search, doesn't happen in transactions.
+        // We clean it up explcitly at the end.
+        $this->database()->table('discussions')->insert([
+            ['id' => 1, 'title' => 'lightsail in title', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
+            ['id' => 2, 'title' => 'not in title', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
+        ]);
+
+        $this->database()->table('posts')->insert([
+            ['id' => 1, 'discussion_id' => 1, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>not in text</p></t>'],
+            ['id' => 2, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>lightsail in text</p></t>'],
+        ]);
+
+        // We need to call these again, since we rolled back the transaction started by `::app()`.
+        $this->database()->beginTransaction();
+
+        $this->populateDatabase();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+
+        $this->database()->table('discussions')->whereIn('id', [1,2])->delete();
+        $this->database()->table('posts')->whereIn('id', [1, 2])->delete();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function can_search_for_word_in_post()
+    {
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
+                ->withQueryParams([
+                    'filter' => ['q' => 'lightsail'],
+                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+        $ids = array_map(function ($row) {
+            return $row['id'];
+        }, $data['data']);
+
+        // Order-independent comparison
+        $this->assertEquals(['3'], $ids, 'IDs do not match', 0.0, 10, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function ignores_non_word_characters_when_searching()
+    {
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
+                ->withQueryParams([
+                    'filter' => ['q' => 'lightsail+'],
+                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+        $ids = array_map(function ($row) {
+            return $row['id'];
+        }, $data['data']);
+
+        // Order-independent comparison
+        $this->assertEquals(['3'], $ids, 'IDs do not match', 0.0, 10, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function search_for_special_characters_gives_empty_result()
+    {
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
+                ->withQueryParams([
+                    'filter' => ['q' => '*'],
+                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+        $this->assertEquals([], $data['data']);
+
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
+                ->withQueryParams([
+                    'filter' => ['q' => '@'],
+                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+        $this->assertEquals([], $data['data']);
+    }
+}