diff --git a/.test_patterns.yml b/.test_patterns.yml
index feb758735d4c..b8b8dc63e3ce 100644
--- a/.test_patterns.yml
+++ b/.test_patterns.yml
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ tests:
 
   # e2e
   # e.g. to grind: seq 1 16 | parallel --bar --tag --halt now,fail=1 ci3/dump_fail "NAME_POSTFIX=_{} yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/run_test.sh simple e2e_p2p/gossip_network >/dev/null"
-  # Skipping all these tests for now as they consistently timeout due to huge speed regression.
   - regex: "simple e2e_p2p/"
-    skip: true
     owners:
       - *sean
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/p2p_network.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/p2p_network.ts
index e871b9eba2cc..ca2a03ee339a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/p2p_network.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/p2p_network.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
   createSnapshotManager,
   deployAccounts,
 } from '../fixtures/snapshot_manager.js';
-import { getPrivateKeyFromIndex } from '../fixtures/utils.js';
+import { getPrivateKeyFromIndex, getSponsoredFPCAddress } from '../fixtures/utils.js';
 import { getEndToEndTestTelemetryClient } from '../fixtures/with_telemetry_utils.js';
 
 // Use a fixed bootstrap node private key so that we can re-use the same snapshot and the nodes can find each other
@@ -319,9 +319,11 @@ export class P2PNetworkTest {
   async setup() {
     this.ctx = await this.snapshotManager.setup();
 
-    this.prefilledPublicData = (
-      await getGenesisValues(this.ctx.initialFundedAccounts.map(a => a.address))
-    ).prefilledPublicData;
+    const sponsoredFPCAddress = await getSponsoredFPCAddress();
+    const initialFundedAccounts = [...this.ctx.initialFundedAccounts.map(a => a.address), sponsoredFPCAddress];
+
+    const { prefilledPublicData } = await getGenesisValues(initialFundedAccounts);
+    this.prefilledPublicData = prefilledPublicData;
 
     this.startSyncMockSystemTimeInterval();
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/shared.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/shared.ts
index 6c625ac1ed15..dcfd8595b7a4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/shared.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_p2p/shared.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const createPXEServiceAndSubmitTransactions = async (
   fundedAccount: InitialAccountData,
 ): Promise<NodeContext> => {
   const rpcConfig = getRpcConfig();
+  rpcConfig.proverEnabled = false;
   const pxeService = await createPXEService(node, rpcConfig, true);
 
   const account = await getSchnorrAccount(