diff --git a/src/components/List/__tests__/List.test.tsx b/src/components/List/__tests__/List.test.tsx
index f3bbb448a7..3eeed79cfc 100644
--- a/src/components/List/__tests__/List.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/List/__tests__/List.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import _ from 'react-virtualized-auto-sizer';
 
+import {setupIntersectionObserverMock} from '../../../../test-utils/setupIntersectionObserverMock';
 import {cleanup, render, screen} from '../../../../test-utils/utils';
 import {List} from '../List';
 import type {ListProps} from '../types';
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ function setup(props: Partial<ListProps<string>> = {}) {
 
 const mockOnLoadMorFn = jest.fn();
 
+beforeAll(() => {
+    setupIntersectionObserverMock();
+});
+
 afterEach(() => {
     cleanup();
     jest.clearAllMocks();
diff --git a/test-utils/setup-tests.ts b/test-utils/setup-tests.ts
index c19bdbee6e..2d03f72af0 100644
--- a/test-utils/setup-tests.ts
+++ b/test-utils/setup-tests.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import {configure} from '@testing-library/dom';
 
 import {Lang, configure as libConfigure} from '../src';
 
-import {setupIntersectionObserverMock} from './setupIntersectionObserverMock';
-
 libConfigure({
     lang: Lang.En,
 });
@@ -17,8 +15,6 @@ global.ResizeObserver = class implements ResizeObserver {
     unobserve(_target: Element) {}
 };
 
-setupIntersectionObserverMock();
-
 // mock AutoSizer to properly test functionality related to virtualization
 // 400 x 400 is a random size and might be changed if needed
 jest.mock(