diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e.test.mjs b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e.test.mjs
index bb74ac3e9fee..5f70953841b4 100644
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e.test.mjs
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ describe('crwa', () => {
   })
 
   test('--yes, -y', async () => {
-    const p = await $`yarn create-redwood-app ./redwood-app --yes`
+    // Running `yarn install` in Jest test times out  and the subsequent step,
+    // generating types, is also flakey since `yarn pack` seems to skip `.yarnrc.yml`
+    // which is necessary for configuring a proper install.
+    const p =
+      await $`yarn create-redwood-app ./redwood-app --no-yarn-install --yes`
 
     // await $`yarn create-redwood-app redwood-app -y`
     // # `yarn pack` seems to ignore `.yarnrc.yml`
@@ -75,10 +79,11 @@ describe('crwa', () => {
       [?25h✔ Creating your Redwood app in ./redwood-app based on command line argument
       ✔ Using TypeScript based on command line flag
       ✔ Will initialize a git repo based on command line flag
-      ✔ Will run yarn install based on command line flag
+      ✔ Will not run yarn install based on command line flag
       [?25l⠋ Creating project files
       [?25h[?25l✔ Project files created
-      [?25h[?25l⠋ Initializing a git repo
+      [?25hℹ Skipped yarn install step
+      [?25l⠋ Initializing a git repo
       [?25h[?25l✔ Initialized a git repo with commit message "Initial commit"
       [?25h
       Thanks for trying out Redwood!
diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts.sh b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts.sh
index 3099ee4c5744..03899f6b878e 100755
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts.sh
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd $projectPath
 
 set projectDirectory "redwood-app-prompt-test"
 
-spawn yarn create-redwood-app
+spawn yarn create-redwood-app --no-yarn-install
 
 expect "Where would you like to create your Redwood app?"
 send "$projectDirectory\n"
diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_git.sh b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_git.sh
index e43f514a2bce..62fe030951d1 100755
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_git.sh
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_git.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd $projectPath
 
 set projectDirectory "redwood-app-prompt-git-test"
 
-spawn yarn create-redwood-app --git
+spawn yarn create-redwood-app --no-yarn-install --git
 
 expect "Where would you like to create your Redwood app?"
 send "$projectDirectory\n"
diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_m.sh b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_m.sh
index c9c24613e0b1..7ecb53e06d1b 100755
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_m.sh
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_m.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd $projectPath
 
 set projectDirectory "redwood-app-prompt-m-test"
 
-spawn yarn create-redwood-app -m "first"
+spawn yarn create-redwood-app --no-yarn-install -m "first"
 
 expect "Where would you like to create your Redwood app?"
 send "$projectDirectory\n"
diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_overwrite.sh b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_overwrite.sh
index ad8d890f0100..fb84af94ffe8 100755
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_overwrite.sh
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_overwrite.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set projectDirectory "redwood-app-prompt-overwrite-test"
 exec mkdir $projectDirectory
 exec touch $projectDirectory/README.md
 
-spawn yarn create-redwood-app
+spawn yarn create-redwood-app --no-yarn-install
 
 expect "Where would you like to create your Redwood app?"
 send "$projectDirectory\n"
diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_ts.sh b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_ts.sh
index 8a8f17c52847..f2f8d9e18086 100755
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_ts.sh
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/tests/e2e_prompts_ts.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ cd $projectPath
 
 set projectDirectory "redwood-app-prompt-ts-test"
 
-spawn yarn create-redwood-app --ts
+spawn yarn create-redwood-app --no-yarn-install --ts
 
 expect "Where would you like to create your Redwood app?"
 send "$projectDirectory\n"