diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml
index eaae989abb1f3b4fa44f032eee700181fb75e48e..c6231f3508b6fa580f70f33a39f1afab55072866 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://my-confluent-cp-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/src/test/resources/no-resources-deployment.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/no-resources-deployment.yaml
index 0687a3e042575951ec903492589101c122406f7f..1ace4851ef731758b1edf445077e295684bccdc0 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/no-resources-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/no-resources-deployment.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ spec:
               value: "http://my-confluent-cp-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"
         - name: prometheus-jmx-exporter
           image: "solsson/kafka-prometheus-jmx-exporter@sha256:6f82e2b0464f50da8104acd7363fb9b995001ddff77d248379f8788e78946143"
           command: