diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 857e007181bb9cb64c016bae9d5e55e1ac4141e2..a2a305413f6997bc427adac53263a0396b980fd3 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ kafkaConfig:
     - name: "output"
       numPartitions: 40
       replicationFactor: 1
+    - name: "theodolite-.*"
+      removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-standalone.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-standalone.yaml
index 82da8e504e54ec5e52fbf2b732db5ed86b666a84..874ecf51ae09dea00c90257f0d05341570e628a2 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-standalone.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-kstreams/uc2-benchmark-standalone.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ kafkaConfig:
     - name: "output"
       numPartitions: 40
       replicationFactor: 1
+    - name: "theodolite-.*"
+      removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml
index 70a838e0871c0d5959934c20bf36ef7f96b796e0..8a8ad6ccb3e012ade0f2354bbfe05e663d2daf8f 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ kafkaConfig:
     - name: "output"
       numPartitions: 40
       replicationFactor: 1
+    - name: "theodolite-.*"
+      removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-standalone.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-standalone.yaml
index 97ae66671c8edd254468f67f1e6b07df7878eaae..3c5d1046c512a5253b90695613224e1bd542996d 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-standalone.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-kstreams/uc3-benchmark-standalone.yaml
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ kafkaConfig:
     - name: "output"
       numPartitions: 40
       replicationFactor: 1
+    - name: "theodolite-.*"
+      removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml
index b408478870f6adecc19998ea2e9245842592f333..0b4ff1250f736d40726c805ac89731f2fec5fc0e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-operator.yaml
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ kafkaConfig:
     - name: "aggregation-feedback"
       numPartitions: 40
       replicationFactor: 1
+    - name: "theodolite-.*"
+      removeOnly: True
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-standalone.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-standalone.yaml
index 41d67eb2166a6a63c6bc923cbbcadbe5b16124e5..e7fe7983e3ba5e18a0c203c47495bb07490e9a33 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-standalone.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-kstreams/uc4-benchmark-standalone.yaml
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ kafkaConfig:
     - name: "aggregation-feedback"
       numPartitions: 40
       replicationFactor: 1
+    - name: "theodolite-.*"
+      removeOnly: True