diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 98fcd86b67..6885bfb681 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-        useJUnitPlatform() {
-            excludeTags "RequiresDatabase"
-        }
+        useJUnitPlatform() {}
         testLogging {
             exceptionFormat = "full"
             events = ["standardOut", "standardError", "skipped", "failed"]
diff --git a/lib/test-common/src/main/java/org/triplea/test/common/RequiresDatabase.java b/lib/test-common/src/main/java/org/triplea/test/common/RequiresDatabase.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ce17f1b561..0000000000
--- a/lib/test-common/src/main/java/org/triplea/test/common/RequiresDatabase.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package org.triplea.test.common;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
-
-/**
- * 'RequiresDatabase' means a database needs to be running (presumably on docker) for the test to
- * pass. Tests annotated with 'RequiresDatabase' will not run with 'gradle test' task but will
- * instead run with the 'check', 'testAll' or 'testWithDatabase' tasks.
- */
-@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Tag("RequiresDatabase")
-public @interface RequiresDatabase {}