diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/redux/execute-challenge-saga.js b/client/src/templates/Challenges/redux/execute-challenge-saga.js
index 4f1bdde20c..028e84ea90 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/redux/execute-challenge-saga.js
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/redux/execute-challenge-saga.js
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ export function* executeChallengeSaga({ payload }) {
     const protect = isLoopProtected(challengeMeta);
     const buildData = yield buildChallengeData(challengeData, {
       preview: false,
-      protect
+      protect,
+      usesTestRunner: true
     });
     const document = yield getContext('document');
     const testRunner = yield call(
diff --git a/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.js b/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.js
index 6d29684f52..304f7c6280 100644
--- a/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.js
+++ b/client/src/templates/Challenges/utils/build.js
@@ -132,12 +132,13 @@ async function getDOMTestRunner(buildData, { proxyLogger }, document) {
     runTestInTestFrame(document, testString, testTimeout);
 }
 
-export function buildDOMChallenge({
-  challengeFiles,
-  required = [],
-  template = ''
-}) {
-  const finalRequires = [...required, ...frameRunner];
+export function buildDOMChallenge(
+  { challengeFiles, required = [], template = '' },
+  { usesTestRunner } = { usesTestRunner: false }
+) {
+  const finalRequires = [...required];
+  if (usesTestRunner) finalRequires.push(...frameRunner);
+
   const loadEnzyme = challengeFiles.some(
     challengeFile => challengeFile.ext === 'jsx'
   );
diff --git a/curriculum/challenges/_meta/jquery/meta.json b/curriculum/challenges/_meta/jquery/meta.json
index 82675a180a..20865be7e8 100644
--- a/curriculum/challenges/_meta/jquery/meta.json
+++ b/curriculum/challenges/_meta/jquery/meta.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   "required": [
     {
       "link": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.css"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"
     }
   ],
   "superBlock": "front-end-development-libraries",
diff --git a/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js b/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
index f4cabd1eef..1a82768c47 100644
--- a/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
+++ b/curriculum/test/test-challenges.js
@@ -577,11 +577,14 @@ async function createTestRunner(
     solutionFiles
   );
 
-  const { build, sources, loadEnzyme } = await buildChallenge({
-    challengeFiles,
-    required,
-    template
-  });
+  const { build, sources, loadEnzyme } = await buildChallenge(
+    {
+      challengeFiles,
+      required,
+      template
+    },
+    { usesTestRunner: true }
+  );
 
   const code = {
     contents: sources.index,