diff --git a/features/steps/openrouter_provider_registry_steps.py b/features/steps/openrouter_provider_registry_steps.py
index 3c1f4467a..d7bf5ae32 100644
--- a/features/steps/openrouter_provider_registry_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/openrouter_provider_registry_steps.py
@@ -372,3 +372,8 @@ def step_or_assert_provider_not_configured(context: Any) -> None:
     info = context.or_provider_info
     assert info is not None, "Expected provider info to exist"
     assert info.is_configured is False, "Expected provider to not be configured"
+
+
+# Restore the default step matcher so that step files loaded after this one
+# are not affected by the regex matcher set above.
+use_step_matcher("parse")