diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ci.R b/tests/testthat/test-ci.R
index df42f8cd6..021f77957 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ci.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ci.R
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 test_that("GitHub Actions functionality works", {
-  # imitate being on GHA whether or not we are
   withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true"))
   withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
   tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "x <- 1:nrow(y)")
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ test_that("GitHub Actions functionality works", {
 })
 
 test_that("GitHub Actions functionality works in a subdirectory", {
-  # imitate being on GHA whether or not we are
   pkg_path <- test_path("dummy_packages", "assignmentLinter")
   withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true"))
   withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE, lintr.github_annotation_project_dir = pkg_path)
@@ -26,14 +24,31 @@ test_that("GitHub Actions functionality works in a subdirectory", {
   )
 })
 
-test_that("GitHub Actions - linting on error works", {
-  # imitate being on GHA whether or not we are
-  withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true", LINTR_ERROR_ON_LINT = "true"))
-  withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
-  tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "x <- 1:nrow(y)")
+patrick::with_parameters_test_that(
+  "GitHub Actions - error on lint works",
+  {
+    withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true", LINTR_ERROR_ON_LINT = env_var_value))
+    withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
+    tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "x <- 1:nrow(y)")
 
-  l <- lint(tmp)
+    l <- lint(tmp)
 
-  local_mocked_bindings(quit = function(...) cat("Tried to quit.\n"))
-  expect_output(print(l), "::warning file", fixed = TRUE)
-})
+    local_mocked_bindings(quit = function(...) cat("Tried to quit.\n"))
+    expect_output(print(l), "::warning file", fixed = TRUE)
+  },
+  env_var_value = list("T", "true")
+)
+
+patrick::with_parameters_test_that(
+  "GitHub Actions - env var for error on lint is converted to logical",
+  {
+    withr::local_envvar(list(GITHUB_ACTIONS = "true", LINTR_ERROR_ON_LINT = env_var_value))
+    withr::local_options(lintr.rstudio_source_markers = FALSE)
+    tmp <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "x <- 1:nrow(y)")
+
+    l <- lint(tmp)
+
+    expect_output(print(l), "::warning file", fixed = TRUE)
+  },
+  env_var_value = list("", "F", NA, NULL)
+)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-settings.R b/tests/testthat/test-settings.R
index 27e41bcff..0136fe1ba 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-settings.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-settings.R
@@ -88,29 +88,6 @@ test_that("rot utility works as intended", {
   expect_identical(lintr:::rot(letters), c(letters[14L:26L], LETTERS[1L:13L]))
 })
 
-test_that("logical_env utility works as intended", {
-  test_env <- "LINTR_TEST_LOGICAL_ENV_"
-  withr::with_envvar(
-    setNames("true", test_env),
-    expect_true(lintr:::logical_env(test_env))
-  )
-
-  withr::with_envvar(
-    setNames("F", test_env),
-    expect_false(lintr:::logical_env(test_env))
-  )
-
-  withr::with_envvar(
-    setNames("", test_env),
-    expect_null(lintr:::logical_env(test_env))
-  )
-
-  withr::with_envvar(
-    setNames(list(NULL), test_env),
-    expect_null(lintr:::logical_env(test_env))
-  )
-})
-
 # fixing #774
 test_that("linters_with_defaults doesn't break on very long input", {
   expect_named(