diff --git a/my_deploy.sh b/my_deploy.sh
index 4c5475da58ed8ab19e7e023c76d92a21d6d4f6dd..f909e9ebd8a2889dbf8924f899cada56eec65c01 100644
--- a/my_deploy.sh
+++ b/my_deploy.sh
@@ -75,19 +75,19 @@ export NATS_REDEPLOY=""
 # ----- QuestDB ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # If not already set, set the namespace where QuestDB will be deployed.
-export QDB_NAMESPACE=${QDB_NAMESPACE:-"qdb"}
+export QDB_NAMESPACE="qdb"
 
 # If not already set, set the database username to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_USERNAME=${QDB_USERNAME:-"admin"}
+export QDB_USERNAME="admin"
 
 # If not already set, set the database user's password to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_PASSWORD=${QDB_PASSWORD:-"quest"}
+export QDB_PASSWORD="quest"
 
 # If not already set, set the table name to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_TABLE=${QDB_TABLE:-"tfs_monitoring"}
+export QDB_TABLE="tfs_monitoring"
 
 ## If not already set, disable flag for dropping table if exists.
-#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=${QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS:-""}
+#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=""
 
 # If not already set, disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
-export QDB_REDEPLOY=${QDB_REDEPLOY:-""}
+export QDB_REDEPLOY=""
diff --git a/src/tests/ecoc22/deploy_specs.sh b/src/tests/ecoc22/deploy_specs.sh
index 767b0330808ef8fb5c9faee1f12e22bcaaa3d7bf..1318aefa632a51a035bd6ad99f7725040e0983f4 100644
--- a/src/tests/ecoc22/deploy_specs.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ecoc22/deploy_specs.sh
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ export NATS_REDEPLOY=""
 # ----- QuestDB ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # If not already set, set the namespace where QuestDB will be deployed.
-export QDB_NAMESPACE=${QDB_NAMESPACE:-"qdb"}
+export QDB_NAMESPACE="qdb"
 
 # If not already set, set the database username to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_USERNAME=${QDB_USERNAME:-"admin"}
+export QDB_USERNAME="admin"
 
 # If not already set, set the database user's password to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_PASSWORD=${QDB_PASSWORD:-"quest"}
+export QDB_PASSWORD="quest"
 
 # If not already set, set the table name to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_TABLE=${QDB_TABLE:-"tfs_monitoring"}
+export QDB_TABLE="tfs_monitoring"
 
 ## If not already set, disable flag for dropping table if exists.
-#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=${QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS:-""}
+#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=""
 
 # If not already set, disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
-export QDB_REDEPLOY=${QDB_REDEPLOY:-""}
+export QDB_REDEPLOY=""
diff --git a/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh b/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
index 767b0330808ef8fb5c9faee1f12e22bcaaa3d7bf..1318aefa632a51a035bd6ad99f7725040e0983f4 100644
--- a/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ export NATS_REDEPLOY=""
 # ----- QuestDB ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # If not already set, set the namespace where QuestDB will be deployed.
-export QDB_NAMESPACE=${QDB_NAMESPACE:-"qdb"}
+export QDB_NAMESPACE="qdb"
 
 # If not already set, set the database username to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_USERNAME=${QDB_USERNAME:-"admin"}
+export QDB_USERNAME="admin"
 
 # If not already set, set the database user's password to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_PASSWORD=${QDB_PASSWORD:-"quest"}
+export QDB_PASSWORD="quest"
 
 # If not already set, set the table name to be used by Monitoring.
-export QDB_TABLE=${QDB_TABLE:-"tfs_monitoring"}
+export QDB_TABLE="tfs_monitoring"
 
 ## If not already set, disable flag for dropping table if exists.
-#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=${QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS:-""}
+#export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=""
 
 # If not already set, disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
-export QDB_REDEPLOY=${QDB_REDEPLOY:-""}
+export QDB_REDEPLOY=""