diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/uniswap_trade_on_l1_from_l2.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/uniswap_trade_on_l1_from_l2.test.ts
index 02cdc8affee0..b162bc7d35f7 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/uniswap_trade_on_l1_from_l2.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/composed/uniswap_trade_on_l1_from_l2.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { setup as e2eSetup } from '../fixtures/utils.js';
+import { setup as e2eSetup, getL1WalletClient } from '../fixtures/utils.js';
 import { type UniswapSetupContext, uniswapL1L2TestSuite } from '../shared/uniswap_l1_l2.js';
 
 // This tests works on forked mainnet. There is a dump of the data in `dumpedState` such that we
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ const testSetup = async (): Promise<UniswapSetupContext> => {
     deployL1ContractsValues,
     wallets,
     logger,
+    config,
   } = await e2eSetup(2, { stateLoad: dumpedState });
 
-  const walletClient = deployL1ContractsValues.walletClient;
+  const walletClient = getL1WalletClient(config.rpcUrl, 1);
   const publicClient = deployL1ContractsValues.publicClient;
 
   const ownerWallet = wallets[0];
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/fixtures/utils.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/fixtures/utils.ts
index d90102914d4c..8507db86f005 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/fixtures/utils.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/fixtures/utils.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,16 @@ export async function setup(
   };
 }
 
+/** Returns an L1 wallet client for anvil using a well-known private key based on the index. */
+export function getL1WalletClient(rpcUrl: string, index: number) {
+  const hdAccount = mnemonicToAccount(MNEMONIC, { addressIndex: index });
+  return createWalletClient({
+    account: hdAccount,
+    chain: foundry,
+    transport: http(rpcUrl),
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Ensures there's a running Anvil instance and returns the RPC URL.
  * @returns