diff --git a/test/spec/blackfire_shared.rb b/test/spec/blackfire_shared.rb
index b4cd17eb9..a95eb7570 100644
--- a/test/spec/blackfire_shared.rb
+++ b/test/spec/blackfire_shared.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require 'ansi/core'
 
 shared_examples "A PHP application using ext-blackfire and" do |agent|
-	context "#{agent}" do
+	context "#{agent}", :focused => true do
 		["explicitly", "without BLACKFIRE_SERVER_TOKEN", "with default BLACKFIRE_LOG_LEVEL", "implicitly"].each do |mode|
 			next if mode == "without BLACKFIRE_SERVER_TOKEN" and agent == "blackfireio/integration-heroku" # blackfire buildpack would error on invalid credentials
 			context "#{mode}" do
diff --git a/test/spec/composer_spec.rb b/test/spec/composer_spec.rb
index 011c3d8a4..edf009bb0 100644
--- a/test/spec/composer_spec.rb
+++ b/test/spec/composer_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative "spec_helper"
 require "securerandom"
 
-describe "A PHP application" do
+describe "A PHP application", :focused => true do
 	context "that has its stack changed", :stack => "heroku-22" do
 		it "re-uses cached dependencies from the prior stack build" do
 			new_app_with_stack_and_platrepo("php-getting-started").deploy do |app|
diff --git a/test/spec/newrelic_spec.rb b/test/spec/newrelic_spec.rb
index aca4e62fd..134b45c97 100644
--- a/test/spec/newrelic_spec.rb
+++ b/test/spec/newrelic_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require_relative "spec_helper"
 require "securerandom"
 
-describe "A PHP application using New Relic" do
+describe "A PHP application using New Relic", :focused => true do
 	["explicitly", "without NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY", "with default NEW_RELIC_LOG_LEVEL", "implicitly"].each do |mode|
 		context "#{mode}" do
 			before(:all) do
diff --git a/test/spec/php_concurrency_shared.rb b/test/spec/php_concurrency_shared.rb
index 4bc242a26..dd26c6521 100644
--- a/test/spec/php_concurrency_shared.rb
+++ b/test/spec/php_concurrency_shared.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 shared_examples "A PHP application for testing WEB_CONCURRENCY behavior" do |series, server|
 
-	context "running PHP #{series} and the #{server} web server" do
+	context "running PHP #{series} and the #{server} web server", :focused => true do
 		before(:all) do
 			@app = new_app_with_stack_and_platrepo('test/fixtures/bootopts',
 				before_deploy: -> { system("composer require --quiet --ignore-platform-reqs php '#{series}.*'") or raise "Failed to require PHP version" },
diff --git a/test/spec/platform_spec.rb b/test/spec/platform_spec.rb
index bf9635ac2..99c047160 100644
--- a/test/spec/platform_spec.rb
+++ b/test/spec/platform_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 manifest_fixtures_subdir = "test/fixtures/platform/builder/manifest"
 mkrepo_fixtures_subdir = "test/fixtures/platform/builder/mkrepo"
 
-describe "The PHP Platform Installer" do
+describe "The PHP Platform Installer", :focused => true do
 	describe "composer.json Generator Script" do
 		Dir.each_child(generator_fixtures_subdir) do |testcase|
 			it "produces the expected platform composer.json for case #{testcase}" do
diff --git a/test/spec/spec_helper.rb b/test/spec/spec_helper.rb
index acb4ea1d4..c99a4cbe1 100644
--- a/test/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/test/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ def product_hash(hash)
 end
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
-	config.filter_run focused: true unless ENV['IS_RUNNING_ON_CI']
-	config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
+	config.filter_run focused: true # unless ENV['IS_RUNNING_ON_CI']
+	config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = false
 	config.alias_example_to :fit, focused: true
 	config.filter_run_excluding :requires_php_on_stack => lambda { |series| !php_on_stack?(series) }
 	config.filter_run_excluding :stack => lambda { |stack| !stack.include?(ENV['STACK']) }