diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cb1e518e5a..12d4a94fc0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ commands:
             MIN_LEVEL_TO_COMPRESS: 3
             CACHE_SIZE_MB: 10240
             MB_WRITE_PER_SEC: 2
-            NUMA: 1
 
   post-benchmarks:
     steps:
diff --git a/tools/benchmark_ci.py b/tools/benchmark_ci.py
index 1e95ba73c8..de9f69cf96 100755
--- a/tools/benchmark_ci.py
+++ b/tools/benchmark_ci.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class Config:
         "SUBCOMPACTIONS",
         "COMPACTION_STYLE",
         "CI_TESTS_ONLY",
-        "NUMA",
     ]