diff --git a/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go b/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go
index 170b1167263..1924994051d 100644
--- a/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/controlplane/apiserver_identity_test.go
@@ -99,13 +99,23 @@ func TestCreateLeaseOnStart(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLeaseGarbageCollection(t *testing.T) {
+	oldIdentityLeaseDurationSeconds := controlplane.IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds
+	oldIdentityLeaseGCPeriod := controlplane.IdentityLeaseGCPeriod
+	oldIdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod := controlplane.IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod
+	defer func() {
+		// reset the default values for leases after this test
+		controlplane.IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds = oldIdentityLeaseDurationSeconds
+		controlplane.IdentityLeaseGCPeriod = oldIdentityLeaseGCPeriod
+		controlplane.IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod = oldIdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod
+	}()
+
+	// Shorten lease parameters so GC behavior can be exercised in integration tests
+	controlplane.IdentityLeaseDurationSeconds = 1
+	controlplane.IdentityLeaseGCPeriod = time.Second
+	controlplane.IdentityLeaseRenewIntervalPeriod = time.Second
+
 	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.APIServerIdentity, true)()
-	result := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil,
-		// This shorten the GC check period to make the test run faster.
-		// Since we are testing GC behavior on leases we create, what happens to
-		// the real apiserver lease doesn't matter.
-		[]string{"--identity-lease-duration-seconds=1"},
-		framework.SharedEtcd())
+	result := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, nil, framework.SharedEtcd())
 	defer result.TearDownFn()
 
 	kubeclient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(result.ClientConfig)