diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AHugeFilesSSECDiskBlocks.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AHugeFilesSSECDiskBlocks.java
index 2e5185bf55d9d..a8635ea3cd792 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AHugeFilesSSECDiskBlocks.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/ITestS3AHugeFilesSSECDiskBlocks.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3AEncryptionMethods;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ATestUtils;
 
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_KEY;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ATestUtils.removeBaseAndBucketOverrides;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.S3ATestUtils.skipIfEncryptionTestsDisabled;
 
 /**
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
   @Override
   protected Configuration createScaleConfiguration() {
     Configuration conf = super.createScaleConfiguration();
+    removeBaseAndBucketOverrides(conf, SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_KEY,
+            SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM);
     S3ATestUtils.disableFilesystemCaching(conf);
     conf.set(Constants.SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM,
         getSSEAlgorithm().getMethod());
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/S3AScaleTestBase.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/S3AScaleTestBase.java
index eb80bc579f6c1..42b73d3d88c09 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/S3AScaleTestBase.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/scale/S3AScaleTestBase.java
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@ public void setup() throws Exception {
    * @return the configuration.
    */
   private synchronized Configuration demandCreateConfiguration() {
-    if (conf == null) {
-      conf = createScaleConfiguration();
-    }
+    conf = createScaleConfiguration();
     return conf;
   }