diff --git a/swh/web/tests/conftest.py b/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1109,6 +1109,8 @@
     config["scheduler"] = swh_scheduler
     # create load-git and load-hg task types
     for task_type in TASK_TYPES.values():
+        # see https://forge.softwareheritage.org/rDSCHc46ffadf7adf24c7eb3ffce062e8ade3818c79cc  # noqa
+        task_type["type"] = task_type["type"].replace("load-test-", "load-", 1)
         swh_scheduler.create_task_type(task_type)
     # create load-svn task type
     swh_scheduler.create_task_type(