diff --git a/nixos/tests/slurm.nix b/nixos/tests/slurm.nix
index cac0a671ca8b..1747e714117a 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/slurm.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/slurm.nix
@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@ in
                 name = "slurm";
               }
             ];
-            settings.mysqld = {
-              # recommendations from: https://slurm.schedmd.com/accounting.html#mysql-configuration
-              innodb_buffer_pool_size = "1024M";
-              innodb_log_file_size = "64M";
-              innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 900;
-            };
           };
         };