diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractMkdir.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractMkdir.java
index bace0a79f2458..bce67ed67f31d 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractMkdir.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/contract/s3a/ITestS3AContractMkdir.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.contract.AbstractFSContract;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.FS_S3A_PERFORMANCE_FLAGS;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ATestUtils.removeBaseAndBucketOverrides;
 
 /**
@@ -33,8 +34,11 @@ public class ITestS3AContractMkdir extends AbstractContractMkdirTest {
   @Override
   protected Configuration createConfiguration() {
     Configuration conf = super.createConfiguration();
-    removeBaseAndBucketOverrides(conf,
-        FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE);
+    removeBaseAndBucketOverrides(
+        conf,
+        FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE,
+        FS_S3A_PERFORMANCE_FLAGS);
+    conf.set(FS_S3A_PERFORMANCE_FLAGS, "");
     return conf;
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/fileContext/ITestS3AFileContextCreateMkdir.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/fileContext/ITestS3AFileContextCreateMkdir.java
index e71ca2ae52ca0..ce7e9d4a43d80 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/fileContext/ITestS3AFileContextCreateMkdir.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/fileContext/ITestS3AFileContextCreateMkdir.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.FS_S3A_PERFORMANCE_FLAGS;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ATestUtils.removeBaseAndBucketOverrides;
 
 /**
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     removeBaseAndBucketOverrides(
         conf,
-        FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE);
+        FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE,
+        FS_S3A_PERFORMANCE_FLAGS);
     fc = S3ATestUtils.createTestFileContext(conf);
     super.setUp();
   }