diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index 5401571f2e..ba44fd89cd 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ function extract_kata_env() {
 
 	# get the requested memory and num of vcpus from the kata config file.
 	config_content="$(cat ${RUNTIME_CONFIG_PATH} | grep -vE "^#")"
-	REQ_MEMORY="$(echo "${config_content}" | grep -i default_memory | cut -d  "=" -f2 | awk '{print $1}')"
-	REQ_NUM_VCPUS="$(echo "${config_content}" | grep -i default_vcpus | cut -d  "=" -f2 | awk '{print $1}')"
+	REQ_MEMORY="$(echo "${config_content}" | grep -i 'default_memory =' | cut -d  "=" -f2 | awk '{print $1}')"
+	REQ_NUM_VCPUS="$(echo "${config_content}" | grep -i 'default_vcpus =' | cut -d  "=" -f2 | awk '{print $1}')"
 
 	# Shimv2 path is being affected by https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues/1151
 	SHIM_PATH=$(command -v containerd-shim-kata-v2)
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ function extract_kata_env() {
 
 	SHIM_VERSION=${RUNTIME_VERSION}
 
-	HYPERVISOR_PATH=$(sudo ${cmd} env --json | jq -r ${hypervisor_path})
+	HYPERVISOR_PATH=$(echo "${kata_env}" | jq -r ${hypervisor_path})
+	VIRTIOFSD_PATH=$(echo "${kata_env}" | jq -r ${virtio_fs_daemon_path})
+	INITRD_PATH=$(echo "${kata_env}" | jq -r ${initrd_path})
+
 	# TODO: there is no ${cmd} of rust version currently
 	if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != "dragonball" ]; then
 		if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" = "stratovirt" ]; then
@@ -197,9 +200,6 @@ function extract_kata_env() {
 			HYPERVISOR_VERSION=$(sudo -E ${HYPERVISOR_PATH} --version | head -n1)
 		fi
 	fi
-	VIRTIOFSD_PATH=$(sudo ${cmd} env --json | jq -r ${virtio_fs_daemon_path})
-
-	INITRD_PATH=$(sudo ${cmd} env --json | jq -r ${initrd_path})
 }
 
 # Checks that processes are not running
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/onednn.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/onednn.sh
index 399807707b..166c9121b7 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/onednn.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/onednn.sh
@@ -49,20 +49,11 @@ EOF
 function save_config() {
 	metrics_json_start_array
 
-	pushd "${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_DIR}"
-        local MEM_AVAIL_MB="$(cat ${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_FNAME} | grep -i "default_memory =" | cut -d "=" -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"')"
-	local NUM_CPUS="$(cat ${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_FNAME} | grep -i "default_vcpus =" | cut -d "=" -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"')"
-	local SHARED_FS="$(cat ${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_FNAME} | grep shared_fs | cut -d "=" -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"')"
-	popd
-
 	local json="$(cat << EOF
 	{
 		"image": "${IMAGE}",
 		"units": "ms",
 		"mode": "Lower Is Better",
-		"shared-fs": "${SHARED_FS}",
-		"num-vcpus": "${NUM_CPUS}",
-		"memory-available-mb": "${MEM_AVAIL_MB}"
 	}
 EOF
 )"
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/openvino.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/openvino.sh
index d2fd3a9064..f1cd87c991 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/openvino.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/openvino.sh
@@ -49,20 +49,11 @@ EOF
 function save_config() {
 	metrics_json_start_array
 
-	pushd "${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_DIR}"
-	local MEM_AVAIL_MB="$(cat ${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_FNAME} | grep -i "default_memory =" | cut -d "=" -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"')"
-	local NUM_CPUS="$(cat ${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_FNAME} | grep -i "default_vcpus =" | cut -d "=" -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"')"
-	local SHARED_FS="$(cat ${DEFAULT_KATA_CONFIG_FNAME} | grep shared_fs | cut -d "=" -f2 | tr -d ' ' | tr -d '"')"
-	popd
-
 	local json="$(cat << EOF
 	{
 		"image": "${IMAGE}",
 		"units": "ms",
 		"mode": "Lower Is Better",
-		"shared-fs": "${SHARED_FS}",
-		"num-vcpus": "${NUM_CPUS}",
-		"memory-available-mb": "${MEM_AVAIL_MB}"
 	}
 EOF
 )"