diff --git a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named1.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named1.conf.in
index ab7c25a0af..3adfe473eb 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named1.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named1.conf.in
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ options {
 	fetches-per-server 400;
 };
 
+server 10.53.0.4 {
+	edns no;
+};
+
 key rndc_key {
 	secret "1234abcd8765";
 	algorithm hmac-sha256;
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named2.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named2.conf.in
index 27c5f33e3b..74374b106f 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named2.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named2.conf.in
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ options {
 	fetches-per-zone 40;
 };
 
+server 10.53.0.4 {
+	edns no;
+};
+
 key rndc_key {
 	secret "1234abcd8765";
 	algorithm hmac-sha256;
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named3.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named3.conf.in
index a5d1c165fb..3df353b07d 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named3.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/ns3/named3.conf.in
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ options {
 	recursive-clients 400;
 };
 
+server 10.53.0.4 {
+	edns no;
+};
+
 key rndc_key {
 	secret "1234abcd8765";
 	algorithm hmac-sha256;