diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-deployment.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-deployment.yaml
index 9845648949babd260192e6c6fa652db976c04288..4ed00ba8b7b0c11481379c259b9b3a26e8eedef8 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/cpu-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:
               cpu: 1000m
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/resources/memory-deployment.yaml b/theodolite/src/test/resources/memory-deployment.yaml
index 7af278b8c6b2efd13adbcc77e2db5a7b4c4478ad..57283feabb3613d5f248bb8a91c42a3e38b6aa82 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/resources/memory-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/resources/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