diff --git a/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh b/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
index 71729831c7c57b77b4f3765b883cc93f456e0869..767b0330808ef8fb5c9faee1f12e22bcaaa3d7bf 100644
--- a/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc22/deploy_specs.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export CRDB_DATABASE="tfs"
 export CRDB_DEPLOY_MODE="single"
 
 # Disable flag for dropping database, if exists.
-export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS="YES"
+export CRDB_DROP_DATABASE_IF_EXISTS=""
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying CockroachDB from scratch.
 export CRDB_REDEPLOY=""
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ export QDB_TABLE=${QDB_TABLE:-"tfs_monitoring"}
 #export QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS=${QDB_DROP_TABLE_IF_EXISTS:-""}
 
 # If not already set, disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
-export QDB_REDEPLOY=${QDB_REDEPLOY:-"YES"}
+export QDB_REDEPLOY=${QDB_REDEPLOY:-""}