diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index 6991aab2427bd361ec99119dde649495d39a9bc4..7d70908589cfa2124af64cf3c671ed62c00b1be6 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc1-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ spec:
               name: query-state
             - containerPort: 9249
               name: metrics
-          livenessProbe:
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: 6122
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 60
+          # livenessProbe:
+          #   tcpSocket:
+          #     port: 6122
+          #   initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          #   periodSeconds: 60
           # volumeMounts:
           #   - name: flink-config-volume-rw
           #     mountPath: /opt/flink/conf/
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index f6072f9e64eee7f6195b7af5f1a3d0c5a37bd5f7..86e17e96e83f991bd0b6c7bd4576d100c9222cb1 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc2-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ spec:
               name: query-state
             - containerPort: 9249
               name: metrics
-          livenessProbe:
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: 6122
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 60
+          # livenessProbe:
+          #   tcpSocket:
+          #     port: 6122
+          #   initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          #   periodSeconds: 60
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 9999  # refers to user _flink_ from official flink image, change if necessary
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index a753b9e06b669fa8d66cdec8055e4395b296ea97..a0a840fad96fa21212bb25c78a597ea5cb41558c 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc3-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ spec:
               name: query-state
             - containerPort: 9249
               name: metrics
-          livenessProbe:
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: 6122
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 60
+          # livenessProbe:
+          #   tcpSocket:
+          #     port: 6122
+          #   initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          #   periodSeconds: 60
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 9999  # refers to user _flink_ from official flink image, change if necessary
 
diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
index 6d61c9bd646adb870a001c2dd18d75e2ef43f816..5eabd7d52875b8ea556a4b47fde18cf859a279b7 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/definitions/uc4-beam-flink/resources/taskmanager-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ spec:
               name: query-state
             - containerPort: 9249
               name: metrics
-          livenessProbe:
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: 6122
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 60
+          # livenessProbe:
+          #   tcpSocket:
+          #     port: 6122
+          #   initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          #   periodSeconds: 60
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 9999  # refers to user _flink_ from official flink image, change if necessary