diff --git a/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/streams_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/streams_spec.rb
index 5447a5420..0e815439a 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/streams_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/jasmine_fixtures/streams_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 describe StreamsController, :type => :controller do
   describe '#multi' do
     before do
+      allow(Workers::SendPublic).to receive(:perform_async)
       sign_in alice, scope: :user
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index d9389167a..493ee8b36 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     I18n.locale = :en
     stub_request(:post, "https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/")
     $process_queue = false
-    allow(Workers::SendPublic).to receive(:perform_async)
-    allow(Workers::SendPrivate).to receive(:perform_async)
   end
 
   config.expect_with :rspec do |expect_config|
diff --git a/spec/support/user_methods.rb b/spec/support/user_methods.rb
index 9b5860809..48fec7aba 100644
--- a/spec/support/user_methods.rb
+++ b/spec/support/user_methods.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class User
   alias_method :share_with_original, :share_with
 
   def share_with(*args)
+    disable_send_workers
+
     inlined_jobs do
       share_with_original(*args)
     end
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ class User
   end
 
   def post(class_name, opts = {})
+    disable_send_workers
+
     inlined_jobs do
       aspects = self.aspects_from_ids(opts[:to])
 
@@ -22,11 +26,9 @@ class User
         self.aspects.reload
 
         dispatch_opts = {
-          url: Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(
-            p,
-            host: AppConfig.pod_uri.to_s
-          ),
-          to:  opts[:to]}
+          url: Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.post_url(p, host: AppConfig.pod_uri.to_s),
+          to:  opts[:to]
+        }
         dispatch_post(p, dispatch_opts)
       end
       unless opts[:created_at]
@@ -40,4 +42,11 @@ class User
   def build_comment(options={})
     Comment::Generator.new(self, options.delete(:post), options.delete(:text)).build(options)
   end
+
+  def disable_send_workers
+    RSpec.current_example&.example_group_instance&.instance_eval do
+      allow(Workers::SendPrivate).to receive(:perform_async)
+      allow(Workers::SendPublic).to receive(:perform_async)
+    end
+  end
 end