diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
index 30daff2b45833d99a981f07513bb91beb6729a33..6d52929e2963d644bf454d55927a77f4674316f9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/packet.yml
@@ -177,15 +177,11 @@ packet_fedora33-calico:
   stage: deploy-part2
   extends: .packet_periodic
   when: on_success
-  variables:
-    MITOGEN_ENABLE: "true"
 
 packet_fedora34-calico-selinux:
   stage: deploy-part2
   extends: .packet_periodic
   when: on_success
-  variables:
-    MITOGEN_ENABLE: "true"
 
 packet_amazon-linux-2-aio:
   stage: deploy-part2
diff --git a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/templates/vm.yml.j2 b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/templates/vm.yml.j2
index 4db31940429b2480a96823941c806e33be00d78e..6a8e0272171d5ad3ef9f0e996b1cfe3a8aa1d1d5 100644
--- a/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/templates/vm.yml.j2
+++ b/tests/cloud_playbooks/roles/packet-ci/templates/vm.yml.j2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
         cpu:
             cores: {{ vm_cpu_cores }}
             sockets: {{ vm_cpu_sockets }}
-            threads: {{ vm_cpu_cores }}
+            threads: {{ vm_cpu_threads }}
         resources:
           requests:
             memory: {{ vm_memory * memory_allocation_ratio }}
diff --git a/tests/files/packet_centos8-calico.yml b/tests/files/packet_centos8-calico.yml
index 68023872065e043cbf5155316ca9261d02afc80b..80b2f9c8d987ea25556d135994d2bd5b385f23c7 100644
--- a/tests/files/packet_centos8-calico.yml
+++ b/tests/files/packet_centos8-calico.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Instance settings
 cloud_image: centos-8
 mode: default
+vm_memory: 3072Mi
 
 # Kubespray settings
 kube_network_plugin: calico