diff --git a/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/input_tokenization.test.js b/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/input_tokenization.test.js
index cd242fa056f4a..0b92a4a3ede22 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/input_tokenization.test.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/input_tokenization.test.js
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
+
 import './setup_mocks';
 import ace from 'brace';
 import 'brace/mode/json';
-const $ = require('jquery');
+import $ from 'jquery';
 import { initializeInput } from '../../src/input';
 
-
 const tokenIterator = ace.acequire('ace/token_iterator');
 
 describe('Input Tokenization', () => {
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/setup_mocks.js b/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/setup_mocks.js
index c30b07d8b4c81..0bcf75e29f5f3 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/setup_mocks.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/console/public/tests/src/setup_mocks.js
@@ -23,4 +23,10 @@ window.URL = {
   createObjectURL: () => { return ''; }
 };
 jest.mock('../../src/storage');
-document.queryCommandSupported = () => true;
\ No newline at end of file
+
+document.queryCommandSupported = () => true;
+
+import jQuery from 'jquery';
+jest.spyOn(jQuery, 'ajax').mockImplementation(() => new Promise(() => {
+  // never resolve
+}));
diff --git a/src/dev/jest/config.js b/src/dev/jest/config.js
index 4bb11a6d43785..99b22b14c2d71 100644
--- a/src/dev/jest/config.js
+++ b/src/dev/jest/config.js
@@ -96,6 +96,4 @@ export default {
     'default',
     '<rootDir>/src/dev/jest/junit_reporter.js',
   ],
-  // TODO: prevent tests from making web requests that rely on this setting, see https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6792
-  testURL: 'about:blank',
 };
diff --git a/src/ui/public/share/components/__snapshots__/url_panel_content.test.js.snap b/src/ui/public/share/components/__snapshots__/url_panel_content.test.js.snap
index fa35bd2116479..f7aca23d019d9 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/share/components/__snapshots__/url_panel_content.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/ui/public/share/components/__snapshots__/url_panel_content.test.js.snap
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ exports[`render 1`] = `
   <EuiCopy
     afterMessage="Copied"
     anchorClassName="sharePanel__copyAnchor"
-    textToCopy="about:blank"
+    textToCopy="http://localhost/"
   />
 </EuiForm>
 `;
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ exports[`should enable saved object export option when objectId is provided 1`]
   <EuiCopy
     afterMessage="Copied"
     anchorClassName="sharePanel__copyAnchor"
-    textToCopy="about:blank"
+    textToCopy="http://localhost/"
   />
 </EuiForm>
 `;
diff --git a/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js b/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js
index 305b26917bcda..f22bb3dc88035 100644
--- a/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js
+++ b/x-pack/dev-tools/jest/create_jest_config.js
@@ -51,7 +51,5 @@ export function createJestConfig({
         rootDirectory: xPackKibanaDirectory,
       }]
     ],
-    // TODO: prevent tests from making web requests that rely on this setting, see https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6792
-    testURL: 'about:blank',
   };
 }