diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1-1ctb-funcNFilter.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1-1ctb-funcNFilter.py
index cd5dac5bbd..85adb50e88 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1-1ctb-funcNFilter.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1-1ctb-funcNFilter.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ sys.path.append("./7-tmq")
 from tmqCommon import *
 
 class TDTestCase:
-    updatecfgDict = {'debugFlag': 143}
     def __init__(self):
         self.vgroups    = 1
         self.ctbNum     = 1
diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1.py
index e245c6faa9..f66605f5f4 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqConsFromTsdb1.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ sys.path.append("./7-tmq")
 from tmqCommon import *
 
 class TDTestCase:
-    updatecfgDict = {'debugFlag': 143}
     def __init__(self):
         self.vgroups    = 1
         self.ctbNum     = 10