diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc2/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc2/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
index d156d895d86bb01a31f96e08764df8b8df743c4d..7a97099c71a18449b7cc3f0413632b52fd5b69f5 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc2/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc2-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc2/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.configuration2.Configuration;
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.Types;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.StateBackend;
-import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.TimeCharacteristic;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.windowing.assigners.TumblingEventTimeWindows;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.windowing.time.Time;
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob {
   }
 
   private void configureEnv() {
-    this.env.setStreamTimeCharacteristic(TimeCharacteristic.EventTime);
-
     final boolean checkpointing = this.config.getBoolean(ConfigurationKeys.CHECKPOINTING, true);
     final int commitIntervalMs = this.config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS);
     if (checkpointing) {
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc3/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc3/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
index 091b25674a2a31671ca68bd2076c694da9533d77..621146864fc84d032a7dc3c65fa253df9b940b2d 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc3/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc3-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc3/application/HistoryServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.Types;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.functions.KeySelector;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.StateBackend;
-import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.TimeCharacteristic;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.windowing.assigners.SlidingEventTimeWindows;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.windowing.time.Time;
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ public final class HistoryServiceFlinkJob {
   }
 
   private void configureEnv() {
-    this.env.setStreamTimeCharacteristic(TimeCharacteristic.EventTime);
-
     final boolean checkpointing = this.config.getBoolean(ConfigurationKeys.CHECKPOINTING, true);
     final int commitIntervalMs = this.config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS);
     if (checkpointing) {
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java
index 3e2878a893057024de00333492462f5029eb6d77..63bef67f459b776fe4a26ba2c51f9832e89d94e5 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/uc4-flink/src/main/java/theodolite/uc4/application/AggregationServiceFlinkJob.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.Types;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.functions.KeySelector;
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple2;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.StateBackend;
-import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.TimeCharacteristic;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.windowing.assigners.TumblingEventTimeWindows;
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@ public final class AggregationServiceFlinkJob {
   }
 
   private void configureEnv() {
-    this.env.setStreamTimeCharacteristic(TimeCharacteristic.EventTime);
-
     final boolean checkpointing = this.config.getBoolean(ConfigurationKeys.CHECKPOINTING, true);
     final int commitIntervalMs = this.config.getInt(ConfigurationKeys.COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS);
     if (checkpointing) {