diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cb1e518e5affa47471ee2f06a3b9f3ad913cb7ca..12d4a94fc00cefd9f4be5ea8ca5ccd90804b9630 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 1e95ba73c8c1732ce873417803c14efabeb20a43..de9f69cf968d56e80c1600d389c9ab6cc2001999 100755
--- a/tools/benchmark_ci.py
+++ b/tools/benchmark_ci.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class Config:
         "SUBCOMPACTIONS",
         "COMPACTION_STYLE",
         "CI_TESTS_ONLY",
-        "NUMA",
     ]