diff --git a/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/NativeQueryRunnerUtils.java b/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/NativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
index 23428173a753d..550a60b8b2bc5 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/NativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
+++ b/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/NativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public static Map<String, String> getNativeWorkerHiveProperties(String storageFo
     public static Map<String, String> getNativeWorkerSystemProperties()
     {
         return ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .put("native-execution-enabled", "true")
                 .put("optimizer.optimize-hash-generation", "false")
                 .put("parse-decimal-literals-as-double", "true")
                 .put("regex-library", "RE2J")
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/PrestoNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java b/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/PrestoNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
index bbd9256d14bd7..1bbd9b7dcb436 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/PrestoNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
+++ b/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/nativeworker/PrestoNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ public static QueryRunner createNativeQueryRunner(
                 ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
                         .put("http-server.http.port", "8080")
                         .put("experimental.internal-communication.thrift-transport-enabled", String.valueOf(useThrift))
-                        .put("native-execution-enabled", "true")
                         .putAll(getNativeWorkerSystemProperties())
                         .build(),
                 ImmutableMap.of(),
diff --git a/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/spark/PrestoSparkNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java b/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/spark/PrestoSparkNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
index 025614d61046c..b219268583112 100644
--- a/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/spark/PrestoSparkNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
+++ b/presto-native-execution/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/spark/PrestoSparkNativeQueryRunnerUtils.java
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ public static Map<String, String> getNativeExecutionSessionConfigs()
                 // Do not use default Prestissimo config files. Presto-Spark will generate the configs on-the-fly.
                 .put("catalog.config-dir", "/")
                 .put("task.info-update-interval", "100ms")
-                .put("native-execution-enabled", "true")
                 .put("spark.initial-partition-count", "1")
                 .put("register-test-functions", "true")
                 .put("native-execution-program-arguments", "--logtostderr=1 --minloglevel=3")