diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/IgnoredArtifacts.java b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/IgnoredArtifacts.java
index dbc49654e72..e3de1d4373b 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/IgnoredArtifacts.java
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/IgnoredArtifacts.java
@@ -16,21 +16,19 @@
  */
 package org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration;
 
-import org.keycloak.common.Profile;
-import org.keycloak.config.database.Database;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
+import static org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.Environment.getCurrentOrCreateFeatureProfile;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-
-import org.keycloak.config.HealthOptions;
-import org.keycloak.config.MetricsOptions;
-
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
-import static org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.Environment.getCurrentOrCreateFeatureProfile;
+import org.keycloak.common.Profile;
+import org.keycloak.config.HealthOptions;
+import org.keycloak.config.MetricsOptions;
+import org.keycloak.config.database.Database;
 
 /**
  * Ignore particular artifacts based on build configuration
@@ -131,9 +129,10 @@ public class IgnoredArtifacts {
             }
         });
 
-        if (vendorsOfAllDatasources.isEmpty()) {
-            vendorsOfAllDatasources.add(Database.Vendor.H2);
-        }
+        // since the default may not be a known property name, look for it explicitly
+        Configuration.getOptionalValue("quarkus.datasource.db-kind")
+            .flatMap(Database::getVendor)
+            .ifPresent(vendorsOfAllDatasources::add);
 
         final Set<String> jdbcArtifacts = vendorsOfAllDatasources.stream()
                 .map(vendor -> switch (vendor) {
diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/AbstractConfigurationTest.java b/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/AbstractConfigurationTest.java
index 953fa713ea0..4261433cfaf 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/AbstractConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/AbstractConfigurationTest.java
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@
 
 package org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.test;
 
-import io.quarkus.runtime.LaunchMode;
-import io.quarkus.runtime.configuration.ConfigUtils;
-import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValue;
-import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig;
-import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigProviderResolver;
-import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValue.ConfigValueBuilder;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
-import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.ConfigProvider;
-import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.spi.ConfigProviderResolver;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.keycloak.Config;
@@ -37,15 +38,9 @@ import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.MicroProfileConfigProvider;
 import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.PersistedConfigSource;
 import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.mappers.PropertyMappers;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.function.Function;
-
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
-import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValue;
+import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValue.ConfigValueBuilder;
+import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig;
 
 public abstract class AbstractConfigurationTest {
 
diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/IgnoredArtifactsTest.java b/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/IgnoredArtifactsTest.java
index d92379b4fa5..25e132d17cf 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/IgnoredArtifactsTest.java
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/src/test/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/configuration/test/IgnoredArtifactsTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.test;
 
-import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.keycloak.common.Profile;
 import org.keycloak.common.profile.PropertiesProfileConfigResolver;
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.Configuration;
 import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.IgnoredArtifacts;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.IgnoredArtifacts.JDBC_H2;
 import static org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.IgnoredArtifacts.JDBC_MARIADB;
 import static org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.configuration.IgnoredArtifacts.JDBC_MSSQL;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class IgnoredArtifactsTest extends AbstractConfigurationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void jdbcH2() {
-        assertJdbc("h2", JDBC_H2);
+        assertJdbc("dev-file", JDBC_H2);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -100,15 +100,15 @@ public class IgnoredArtifactsTest extends AbstractConfigurationTest {
         assertJdbc("postgres", JDBC_POSTGRES);
     }
 
-    // default ignored JDBC artifacts specified in quarkus.properties
-    private static final Set<String> IGNORED_JDBC_FROM_PROPS = Stream.of(JDBC_MARIADB, JDBC_POSTGRES)
+    // default not ignored JDBC artifacts specified in quarkus.properties
+    private static final Set<String> NOT_IGNORED_JDBC_FROM_PROPS = Stream.of(JDBC_MARIADB, JDBC_POSTGRES)
             .flatMap(Collection::stream)
             .collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
     @Test
     public void multipleDatasources() {
         // initialize the test with a default database
-        ConfigArgsConfigSource.setCliArgs("--db=dev-file");
+        ConfigArgsConfigSource.setCliArgs("");
         createConfig();
 
         var defaultDS = Configuration.getOptionalValue("quarkus.datasource.db-kind");
@@ -123,27 +123,29 @@ public class IgnoredArtifactsTest extends AbstractConfigurationTest {
         assertThat(catStoreDS.isPresent(), is(true));
         assertThat(catStoreDS.get(), is("postgresql"));
 
-        assertJdbc("h2", JDBC_H2);
+        assertNotIgnored("dev-file", JDBC_H2);
     }
 
-    private void assertJdbc(String vendor, Set<String> notIgnored) {
-        var notIgnoredWithDefaults = new HashSet<>(notIgnored);
-        notIgnoredWithDefaults.addAll(IGNORED_JDBC_FROM_PROPS);
-
-        setSystemProperty(NS_KEYCLOAK_PREFIX + DatabaseOptions.DB.getKey(), vendor, () -> {
-            final var resultArtifacts = IgnoredArtifacts.getDefaultIgnoredArtifacts();
-            assertThat(String.format("Ignored artifacts does not comply with the specified artifacts for '%s' JDBC driver", vendor),
-                    resultArtifacts,
-                    not(CoreMatchers.hasItems(notIgnoredWithDefaults.toArray(new String[0]))));
-
-            final var includedArtifacts = new HashSet<>(IgnoredArtifacts.JDBC_DRIVERS);
-            includedArtifacts.removeAll(notIgnoredWithDefaults);
-            assertThat("Ignored artifacts does not contain items for the other JDBC drivers",
-                    resultArtifacts,
-                    CoreMatchers.hasItems(includedArtifacts.toArray(new String[0])));
+    private void assertJdbc(String db, Set<String> notIgnored) {
+        setSystemProperty(NS_KEYCLOAK_PREFIX + DatabaseOptions.DB.getKey(), db, () -> {
+            assertNotIgnored(db, notIgnored);
         });
     }
 
+    private void assertNotIgnored(String db, Set<String> notIgnored) {
+        var notIgnoredWithDefaults = new HashSet<>(notIgnored);
+        notIgnoredWithDefaults.addAll(NOT_IGNORED_JDBC_FROM_PROPS);
+
+        final var actualIgnoredArtifacts = IgnoredArtifacts.getDefaultIgnoredArtifacts();
+        assertTrue(String.format("Ignored artifacts does not comply with the specified artifacts for '%s' JDBC driver",
+                db), Collections.disjoint(actualIgnoredArtifacts, notIgnored));
+
+        final var allIgnoredArtifacts = new HashSet<>(IgnoredArtifacts.JDBC_DRIVERS);
+        allIgnoredArtifacts.removeAll(notIgnoredWithDefaults);
+        assertThat("Ignored artifacts does not contain items for the other JDBC drivers",
+                actualIgnoredArtifacts.containsAll(allIgnoredArtifacts));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void health() {
         assertIgnoredArtifacts(IgnoredArtifacts.HEALTH, HealthOptions.HEALTH_ENABLED);