diff --git a/.github/helper/install.sh b/.github/helper/install.sh
index 5a4d341a9b..5cdcbebe1a 100644
--- a/.github/helper/install.sh
+++ b/.github/helper/install.sh
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "Starting Bench..."
 
-export FRAPPE_TUNE_GC=True
-
 bench start &> ~/frappe-bench/bench_start.log &
 
 if [ "$TYPE" == "server" ]
diff --git a/frappe/__init__.py b/frappe/__init__.py
index 13e9448109..88b995d17b 100644
--- a/frappe/__init__.py
+++ b/frappe/__init__.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ re._MAXCACHE = (
 	50  # reduced from default 512 given we are already maintaining this on parent worker
 )
 
-_tune_gc = bool(os.environ.get("FRAPPE_TUNE_GC", False))
+_tune_gc = bool(sbool(os.environ.get("FRAPPE_TUNE_GC", True)))
 
 if _dev_server:
 	warnings.simplefilter("always", DeprecationWarning)