diff --git a/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts b/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts
index 7c06fcd40f..c77ea9db5b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/app/AppService.spec.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ const azureGroups = [
   } as const,
 ];
 
+/** Default agent capabilities served when no `memory` block is configured —
+ *  `AppService` strips `memory` from the defaults since the capability is inert
+ *  without a memory config. */
+const defaultAgentCapabilitiesWithoutMemory = defaultAgentCapabilities.filter(
+  (capability) => capability !== AgentCapabilities.memory,
+);
+
 describe('AppService', () => {
   const mockSystemTools: Record<string, FunctionTool> = {
     ExampleTool: {
@@ -132,7 +139,7 @@ describe('AppService', () => {
         endpoints: expect.objectContaining({
           agents: expect.objectContaining({
             disableBuilder: false,
-            capabilities: expect.arrayContaining([...defaultAgentCapabilities]),
+            capabilities: expect.arrayContaining([...defaultAgentCapabilitiesWithoutMemory]),
             maxCitations: 30,
             maxCitationsPerFile: 7,
             minRelevanceScore: 0.45,
@@ -313,7 +320,7 @@ describe('AppService', () => {
         endpoints: expect.objectContaining({
           [EModelEndpoint.agents]: expect.objectContaining({
             disableBuilder: false,
-            capabilities: expect.arrayContaining([...defaultAgentCapabilities]),
+            capabilities: expect.arrayContaining([...defaultAgentCapabilitiesWithoutMemory]),
           }),
         }),
       }),
@@ -336,7 +343,7 @@ describe('AppService', () => {
         endpoints: expect.objectContaining({
           [EModelEndpoint.agents]: expect.objectContaining({
             disableBuilder: false,
-            capabilities: expect.arrayContaining([...defaultAgentCapabilities]),
+            capabilities: expect.arrayContaining([...defaultAgentCapabilitiesWithoutMemory]),
           }),
           [EModelEndpoint.openAI]: expect.objectContaining({
             titleConvo: true,