diff --git a/tests/script/general/parser/auto_create_tb_drop_tb.sim b/tests/script/general/parser/auto_create_tb_drop_tb.sim
index f739f42a6ed87f11f024047a671a81adbc480dcb..68e9c5afb724c5596ea67457c26085bf46b85458 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/parser/auto_create_tb_drop_tb.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/parser/auto_create_tb_drop_tb.sim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 system sh/stop_dnodes.sh
 system sh/deploy.sh -n dnode1 -i 1
 system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c walLevel -v 1
+system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c maxTablesPerVnode -v 1
 system sh/cfg.sh -n dnode1 -c ctime -v 30
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s start
 sleep 3000
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ $stb = $stbPrefix . $i
 
 sql drop database $db -x step1
 step1:
-sql create database $db maxrows 200 cache 2 maxTables 4
+sql create database $db maxrows 200 cache 2
 print ====== create tables
 sql use $db
 
diff --git a/tests/script/general/stable/disk.sim b/tests/script/general/stable/disk.sim
index 8fc7931a73b4c5d661729644745b51f72a86cf76..f49d0239284889692b1836e356bd13f6f1ebc42d 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/stable/disk.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/stable/disk.sim
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $i = 0
 $db = $dbPrefix . $i
 $mt = $mtPrefix . $i
 
-sql create database $db maxTables 4
+sql create database $db
 sql use $db
 sql create table $mt (ts timestamp, tbcol int) TAGS(tgcol int)
 
diff --git a/tests/script/general/stable/vnode3.sim b/tests/script/general/stable/vnode3.sim
index ffe046d94a45bd2aafa77310a5dcb1d61a00d5f6..560c5e38fcdfd5675e78744601e6cc23d77eeea5 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/stable/vnode3.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/stable/vnode3.sim
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $i = 0
 $db = $dbPrefix . $i
 $mt = $mtPrefix . $i
 
-sql create database $db maxTables 4
+sql create database $db
 sql use $db
 sql create table $mt (ts timestamp, tbcol int) TAGS(tgcol int)
 
diff --git a/tests/script/general/table/vgroup.sim b/tests/script/general/table/vgroup.sim
index 9a86c3ef3144d79ca214595ae28cc142061f3646..75fda328f313659699a5a1577b9c25dcfa167f03 100644
--- a/tests/script/general/table/vgroup.sim
+++ b/tests/script/general/table/vgroup.sim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ $db = $dbPrefix . $i
 $tb = $tbPrefix . $i
 
 print =================== step 1
-sql create database $db maxTables 4
+sql create database $db
 sql use $db
 sql show vgroups
 if $rows != 0 then