diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/integration_spec.ts
index b91be9a4a1e..62c598f9993 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/integration_spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {getLView} from '@angular/core/src/render3/state';
 import {ngDevModeResetPerfCounters} from '@angular/core/src/util/ng_dev_mode';
 import {fakeAsync, flushMicrotasks, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 import {expectPerfCounters} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
 describe('acceptance integration tests', () => {
@@ -2889,6 +2890,7 @@ describe('acceptance integration tests', () => {
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
         declarations: [Cmp, AnimationComp],
+        imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
         providers: [{provide: AnimationDriver, useClass: MockAnimationDriver}],
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
@@ -2979,6 +2981,7 @@ describe('acceptance integration tests', () => {
 
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
         declarations: [Cmp, InnerComp],
+        imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
         providers: [{provide: AnimationDriver, useClass: MockAnimationDriver}],
       });
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(Cmp);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts
index f3adc3b1ff9..c86532582a4 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/property_binding_spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
 import {Component, Directive, EventEmitter, Input, Output, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By, DomSanitizer, SafeUrl} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
 describe('property bindings', () => {
   it('should support bindings to properties', () => {
@@ -689,7 +690,10 @@ describe('property bindings', () => {
     })
     class App {}
 
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({declarations: [App, MyDir, MyComp]});
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [App, MyDir, MyComp],
+      imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
+    });
 
     expect(() => {
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/change_detection_scheduler_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/change_detection_scheduler_spec.ts
index 99f49b8ee7c..82cf6ecf8a4 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/change_detection_scheduler_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/change_detection_scheduler_spec.ts
@@ -372,12 +372,8 @@ describe('Angular with zoneless enabled', () => {
       expect(host.innerHTML).toEqual('<dynamic-cmp>binding</dynamic-cmp>');
 
       const component2 = createComponent(DynamicCmp, {environmentInjector});
-      // TODO(atscott): Only needed because renderFactory will not run if ApplicationRef has no
-      // views. This should likely be fixed in ApplicationRef
       appRef.attachView(component2.hostView);
       appRef.detachView(component.hostView);
-      // DOM is not synchronously removed because change detection hasn't run
-      expect(host.innerHTML).toEqual('<dynamic-cmp>binding</dynamic-cmp>');
       expect(isStable()).toBe(false);
       await whenStable();
       expect(host.innerHTML).toEqual('');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts
index 9106941a94a..c8552fc4eee 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {isTextNode} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 
 import {MockResourceLoader} from './resource_loader_mock';
+import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
 const TEST_COMPILER_PROVIDERS: Provider[] = [
   {provide: ResourceLoader, useClass: MockResourceLoader, deps: []},
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ const TEST_COMPILER_PROVIDERS: Provider[] = [
     beforeEach(() => {
       TestBed.configureCompiler({providers: TEST_COMPILER_PROVIDERS});
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [NoopAnimationsModule],
         declarations: [
           TestData,
           TestDirective,
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/test/BUILD.bazel b/packages/platform-server/test/BUILD.bazel
index 32e504e579d..bfa6bd2d881 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/test/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/platform-server/test/BUILD.bazel
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ts_library(
         "//packages/localize",
         "//packages/localize/init",
         "//packages/platform-browser",
+        "//packages/platform-browser/animations",
         "//packages/platform-server",
         "//packages/private/testing",
         "//packages/router",
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts b/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
index 0505df4addc..481b3cc2d81 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/test/integration_spec.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import {provideRouter, RouterOutlet, Routes} from '@angular/router';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs';
 
 import {renderApplication, SERVER_CONTEXT} from '../src/utils';
+import {BrowserAnimationsModule, provideAnimations} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
 const APP_CONFIG: ApplicationConfig = {
   providers: [provideServerRendering()],
@@ -390,11 +391,13 @@ function createMyAnimationApp(standalone: boolean) {
 }
 
 const MyAnimationApp = createMyAnimationApp(false);
-const MyAnimationAppStandalone = getStandaloneBootstrapFn(createMyAnimationApp(true));
+const MyAnimationAppStandalone = getStandaloneBootstrapFn(createMyAnimationApp(true), [
+  provideAnimations(),
+]);
 
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [MyAnimationApp],
-  imports: [BrowserModule, ServerModule],
+  imports: [BrowserModule, BrowserAnimationsModule, ServerModule],
   bootstrap: [MyAnimationApp],
 })
 class AnimationServerModule {}