Revert "Merge branch 'api_admin_mode_test_13' into 'master'"

Purpose of revert

Changes made in !115390 (merged) seem to have caused master:broken on some specs. Reverting the changes made in the MR makes the failing tests pass.

Checklist

• Create an issue to reinstate the merge request and assign it to the author of the reverted merge request.
• If the revert is to resolve a broken 'master' incident, please read through the Responsibilities of the Broken master resolution DRI.
• If the revert involves a database migration, please read through Deleting existing migrations.
• Add the appropriate labels before the MR is created. We can skip CI/CD jobs only if the labels are added before the CI/CD pipeline is created.

Milestone info

• I am reverting something in the current milestone. No changelog is needed, and I've added a ~"regression:*" label.
• I am reverting something in a different milestone. A changelog is needed, and I've removed the ~"regression:*" label.

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