diff --git a/execution/uc1-workload-generator/deployment.yaml b/execution/uc1-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
index 63ade4391e0505c6e86acdc6442f238292b03250..e8326926e7bdb1b49be2d1c03f4a8e26ca77a2a6 100644
--- a/execution/uc1-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc1-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: titan-ccp-load-generator
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: titan-ccp-load-generator
-  serviceName: titan-ccp-load-generator
   replicas: {{INSTANCES}}
   template:
     metadata:
diff --git a/execution/uc2-workload-generator/deployment.yaml b/execution/uc2-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
index e3c489a05afa7955f47886817e52d6d267527625..a7bf66f5e47a6fadfcd294366a3cfdefeaca656a 100644
--- a/execution/uc2-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc2-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ spec:
           value: "my-confluent-cp-kafka:9092"
         - name: SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL
           value: "http://my-confluent-cp-schema-registry:8081"
-        - name: HIERARCHY
-          value: "full"
         - name: NUM_SENSORS
           value: "4"
         - name: NUM_NESTED_GROUPS
diff --git a/execution/uc3-workload-generator/deployment.yaml b/execution/uc3-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
index 0dc01297276846c10e2bbf5f0d076a54b7716c86..d323fd089eeaa4542db5a645fb3b08885b8eff26 100644
--- a/execution/uc3-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
+++ b/execution/uc3-workload-generator/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: StatefulSet
+kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: titan-ccp-load-generator
 spec:
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: titan-ccp-load-generator
-  serviceName: titan-ccp-load-generator
   replicas: {{INSTANCES}}
   template:
     metadata: