diff --git a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
index 798a3b298c8..3e74d2f2a91 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
+++ b/cluster/gce/gci/configure-helper.sh
@@ -2354,11 +2354,10 @@ EOF
     local -r eventer_memory_per_node="500"
     local -r nanny_memory_per_node="200"
     if [[ "${ENABLE_SYSTEM_ADDON_RESOURCE_OPTIMIZATIONS:-}" == "true" ]]; then
-      # TODO: Set each of the following variables to optimized values.
-      base_metrics_memory="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY:-140Mi}"
-      base_metrics_cpu="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU:-80m}"
+      base_metrics_memory="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_MEMORY:-100Mi}"
+      base_metrics_cpu="${HEAPSTER_GCP_BASE_CPU:-10m}"
       metrics_memory_per_node="${HEAPSTER_GCP_MEMORY_PER_NODE:-4}"
-      heapster_min_cluster_size="16"
+      heapster_min_cluster_size="5"
     fi
     if [[ -n "${NUM_NODES:-}" && "${NUM_NODES}" -ge 1 ]]; then
       num_kube_nodes="$((${NUM_NODES}+1))"