diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index e615cc8d7c..cafb5ba6f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ jobs:
           --health-interval 10s
           --health-timeout 5s
           --health-retries 5
-          --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/conf.d/custom.cnf
         ports:
           - 3306:3306