diff --git a/testsuite/forge-cli/src/suites/realistic_environment.rs b/testsuite/forge-cli/src/suites/realistic_environment.rs
index 28a1e6e20e2b8..dfa3ba868b885 100644
--- a/testsuite/forge-cli/src/suites/realistic_environment.rs
+++ b/testsuite/forge-cli/src/suites/realistic_environment.rs
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ pub(crate) fn realistic_env_graceful_overload(duration: Duration) -> ForgeConfig
                     // overload test uses more CPUs than others, so increase the limit
                     // Check that we don't use more than 28 CPU cores for 20% of the time.
                     MetricsThreshold::new(28.0, 20),
-                    // Memory starts around 6GB, and grows around 8GB/hr in this test.
+                    // Memory starts around 7GB, and grows around 8GB/hr in this test.
                     // Check that we don't use more than final expected memory for more than 20% of the time.
-                    MetricsThreshold::new_gb(6.5 + 8.0 * (duration.as_secs_f64() / 3600.0), 20),
+                    MetricsThreshold::new_gb(7.5 + 8.0 * (duration.as_secs_f64() / 3600.0), 20),
                 ))
                 .add_latency_threshold(10.0, LatencyType::P50)
                 .add_latency_threshold(30.0, LatencyType::P90)
diff --git a/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs b/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs
index 7d173941b8e26..940589e7fb3b1 100644
--- a/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs
+++ b/testsuite/forge/src/config.rs
@@ -238,10 +238,6 @@ impl ForgeConfig {
                 ["enable_storage_sharding"] = true.into();
             helm_values["validator"]["config"]["indexer_db_config"]["enable_event"] = true.into();
             helm_values["fullnode"]["config"]["indexer_db_config"]["enable_event"] = true.into();
-            // enable new pipeline
-            helm_values["validator"]["config"]["consensus"]["enable_pipeline"] = true.into();
-            helm_values["fullnode"]["config"]["consensus_observer"]["enable_pipeline"] =
-                true.into();
         }))
     }