diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/00-secrets.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/00-secrets.yaml.j2
index 81a98d47..9fb8acff 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/00-secrets.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/00-secrets.yaml.j2
@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: secrets.stackable.tech/v1alpha1
 kind: SecretClass
-metadata:
-  name: s3-credentials-class
-spec:
-  backend:
-    k8sSearch:
-      searchNamespace:
-        pod: {}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: s3-credentials
-  labels:
-    secrets.stackable.tech/class: s3-credentials-class
-stringData:
-  accessKey: spark
-  secretKey: sparkspark
----
-apiVersion: secrets.stackable.tech/v1alpha1
-kind: SecretClass
 metadata:
   name: history-credentials-class
 spec:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/05-s3-connection.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/05-s3-connection.yaml.j2
index 42d785da..03021655 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/05-s3-connection.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/05-s3-connection.yaml.j2
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 ---
 apiVersion: s3.stackable.tech/v1alpha1
 kind: S3Connection
-metadata:
-  name: spark-data-s3-connection
-spec:
-  host: test-minio
-  port: 9000
-  accessStyle: Path
-  credentials:
-    secretClass: s3-credentials-class
----
-apiVersion: s3.stackable.tech/v1alpha1
-kind: S3Connection
 metadata:
   name: spark-history-s3-connection
 spec:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/10-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/10-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2
index 22c8aa7f..454d8057 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/10-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/10-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ spec:
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   mode: cluster
   mainClass: org.apache.spark.examples.SparkPi
-  mainApplicationFile: "/stackable/spark/examples/jars/spark-examples.jar"
-  sparkConf:
-    spark.kubernetes.file.upload.path: "s3a://my-bucket"
-  s3connection:
-    reference: spark-data-s3-connection
+  mainApplicationFile: "local:///stackable/spark/examples/src/main/python/pi.py"
   logFileDirectory:
     s3:
       prefix: eventlogs/
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/12-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/12-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2
index 4207e441..b594c6bb 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/12-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/spark-history-server/12-deploy-spark-app.yaml.j2
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ spec:
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   mode: cluster
   mainClass: org.apache.spark.examples.SparkPi
-  mainApplicationFile: "/stackable/spark/examples/jars/spark-examples.jar"
-  sparkConf:
-    spark.kubernetes.file.upload.path: "s3a://my-bucket"
-  s3connection:
-    reference: spark-data-s3-connection
+  mainApplicationFile: "local:///stackable/spark/examples/src/main/python/pi.py"
   logFileDirectory:
     s3:
       prefix: eventlogs/