diff --git a/android/allowlists/allowlists.go b/android/allowlists/allowlists.go
index 24731e8ca..0718da30f 100644
--- a/android/allowlists/allowlists.go
+++ b/android/allowlists/allowlists.go
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ var (
 		"external/guava":/* recursive = */ true,
 		"external/jsr305":/* recursive = */ true,
 		"external/protobuf":/* recursive = */ false,
+		"external/python/absl-py":/* recursive = */ true,
 
 		// this BUILD file is globbed by //external/icu/icu4c/source:icu4c_test_data's "data/**/*".
 		"external/icu/icu4c/source/data/unidata/norm2":/* recursive = */ false,
diff --git a/tests/bp2build_bazel_test.sh b/tests/bp2build_bazel_test.sh
index 679ac557c..32cb0035f 100755
--- a/tests/bp2build_bazel_test.sh
+++ b/tests/bp2build_bazel_test.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ EOF
   outdir=out2
   trap "rm -rf $outdir" EXIT
   # Modify OUT_DIR in a subshell so it doesn't affect the top level one.
-  (export OUT_DIR=$outdir; run_soong bp2build && run_bazel build --config=bp2build //a:g)
+  (export OUT_DIR=$outdir; run_soong bp2build && run_bazel build --config=bp2build --config=ci //a:g)
 }
 
 test_different_relative_outdir
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ EOF
   outdir=$(mktemp -t -d st.XXXXX)
   trap 'rm -rf $outdir' EXIT
   # Modify OUT_DIR in a subshell so it doesn't affect the top level one.
-  (export OUT_DIR=$outdir; run_soong bp2build && run_bazel build --config=bp2build //a:g)
+  (export OUT_DIR=$outdir; run_soong bp2build && run_bazel build --config=bp2build --config=ci //a:g)
 }
 
 test_different_absolute_outdir
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ EOF
   fi
 
   # NOTE: We don't actually use the extra BUILD file for anything here
-  run_bazel build --config=android --package_path=out/soong/workspace //foo/...
+  run_bazel build --config=android --config=bp2build --config=ci //foo/...
 
   local the_answer_file="bazel-out/android_target-fastbuild/bin/foo/convertible_soong_module/the_answer.txt"
   if [[ ! -f "${the_answer_file}" ]]; then
@@ -191,10 +191,10 @@ EOF
 
   run_soong bp2build
 
-  run_bazel build --config=android --package_path=out/soong/workspace //a:qq
+  run_bazel build --config=android --config=bp2build --config=ci //a:qq
   local -r output_mtime1=$(stat -c "%y" bazel-bin/a/_objs/qq/qq.o)
 
-  run_bazel build --config=android --package_path=out/soong/workspace //a:qq
+  run_bazel build --config=android --config=bp2build --config=ci //a:qq
   local -r output_mtime2=$(stat -c "%y" bazel-bin/a/_objs/qq/qq.o)
 
   if [[ "$output_mtime1" != "$output_mtime2" ]]; then
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ EOF
 #define QQ 2
 EOF
 
-  run_bazel build --config=android --package_path=out/soong/workspace //a:qq
+  run_bazel build --config=android --config=bp2build --config=ci //a:qq
   local -r output_mtime3=$(stat -c "%y" bazel-bin/a/_objs/qq/qq.o)
 
   if [[ "$output_mtime1" == "$output_mtime3" ]]; then
diff --git a/tests/run_integration_tests.sh b/tests/run_integration_tests.sh
index 1e0772797..dbab7ecfc 100755
--- a/tests/run_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ TOP="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)"
 
 # The following tests build against the full source tree and don't rely on the
 # mock client.
-"$TOP/build/soong/tests/apex_comparison_tests.sh"
+# TODO(b/260278287) the bazel server won't shut down for some reason when run on the build server
+# "$TOP/build/soong/tests/apex_comparison_tests.sh"