diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
index d274cba8a326ddaac7670e7797b899d6022b12c9..343b7e7729ca5cdc1c78150e8b77896dcc59eb81 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: PARALLELISM
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index bcf3a04f34dd039a3d75c86df095d09b9523f615..3af767a83266287e984241be52197c8ad92f7a63 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             # - name: PARALLELISM
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/resources/uc1-beam-samza-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/resources/uc1-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
index d7f453e2ab9c15bca83162520ebe7e90ce7be3ea..b4d3879a14c58ca0ed59762927cc6df3aee1fe04 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/resources/uc1-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-samza/resources/uc1-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
             # - name: JAVA_OPTS
             #   value: "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5555"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/resources/uc1-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/resources/uc1-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
index 28cf4761d44a4d98c1d2b889f9c6a679ec96304a..636fde2588f1a454471d1b491c83895266c0e5b9 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/resources/uc1-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-hazelcastjet/resources/uc1-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
             - name: KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
index 667559010b0dc9f642f9cb0e8c9d257d70a2dbaa..961a68acff52f7b300d2049f08652d4251da38a0 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: PARALLELISM
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index f4f7a9c54a55c42dffe838925a8a97e73ef74759..7da3d46483fca9a011b62faa1cc6166df6c04c03 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
index 4266b47a15f2b43e7d746a581c1cd5b1f7321096..2e932176fc5aded48fcff0f3ddeb9c8daf4198f8 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-samza/resources/uc2-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/resources/uc2-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/resources/uc2-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
index 15eb8baa4219253270066d68cfa9cb4166eafd48..ae28c0709cf11507ff4d67512b29e92b6292c7cc 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/resources/uc2-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-hazelcastjet/resources/uc2-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
             - name: DOWNSAMPLE_INTERVAL
               value: "5000"
             #- name: KUBERNETES_DNS_NAME
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
index 1e70c714d0feef09e034566e9e1745b3b310753b..62a6d661570f8d25276ac4f04eefbc0e40579fd1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: PARALLELISM
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index e71177f1c7d3595b4dc48a82aebfe839bc2786eb..ce94e22ee97f6a002913d6d6ef1fa1c74ab0f93b 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/resources/uc3-beam-samza-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/resources/uc3-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
index bb1917a156d6a04277a3ca6e3bccd580d760de21..505abfe3ae2b1d9489b786a70db7b21886d2ee6f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/resources/uc3-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-samza/resources/uc3-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/resources/uc3-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/resources/uc3-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
index 491bee67b531d983ec3dfb2b008dc0b50994c30c..c9a74a302b61d451514ebb8e8c338be4e34814a4 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/resources/uc3-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-hazelcastjet/resources/uc3-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
             - name: WINDOW_SIZE_IN_SECONDS
               value: "50"
             - name: HOPPING_SIZE_IN_SECONDS
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
index 2cd558313e07ed35945efcb2a16528911bdf3121..4deb0cb21f054bc6f39c4445d5e0411d1d079507 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/jobmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: PARALLELISM
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index 75718b28564a2ffca7f684eccaab26b9caff6a5f..2bd37ed9b2e511c4ed4a0024690b719867d11857 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
-              value: "100"
             - name: CHECKPOINTING
               value: "false"
             - name: "FLINK_STATE_BACKEND"
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/resources/uc4-beam-samza-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/resources/uc4-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
index fccf67c82bbda59a1f31fa0617cd158a99a09f46..b22c1b40c5bd0552e92a2a840d30237d2ec52552 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/resources/uc4-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-samza/resources/uc4-beam-samza-deployment.yaml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
           resources:
             limits:
               memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/resources/uc4-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/resources/uc4-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
index 1c5272cb6adf05579f79125f300836740450e361..980ab44a2f5673d33e489efa4bf4c95a90981949 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/resources/uc4-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-hazelcastjet/resources/uc4-hazelcastjet-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ spec:
               value: "theodolite-kafka-kafka-bootstrap:9092"
             - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
               value: "http://theodolite-kafka-schema-registry:8081"
-            - name: COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS # Set as default for the applications
-              value: "100"
             - name: WINDOW_SIZE
               value: "5000"
             #- name: KUBERNETES_DNS_NAME