diff --git a/kurtosis/src/services/blutgang/launcher.star b/kurtosis/src/services/blutgang/launcher.star
index 2689cc1bff..6247af4b8b 100644
--- a/kurtosis/src/services/blutgang/launcher.star
+++ b/kurtosis/src/services/blutgang/launcher.star
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ BLUTGANG_CONFIG_MOUNT_DIRPATH_ON_SERVICE = "/config"
 IMAGE_NAME = "makemake1337/blutgang:latest"
 
 # The min/max CPU/memory that blutgang can use
-MIN_CPU = 1000
+MIN_CPU = 0
 MAX_CPU = 8000
-MIN_MEMORY = 1024
+MIN_MEMORY = 0
 MAX_MEMORY = 8096
 
 USED_PORTS = {
diff --git a/testing/e2e/config/config.go b/testing/e2e/config/config.go
index ae93473c43..dedd9bece1 100644
--- a/testing/e2e/config/config.go
+++ b/testing/e2e/config/config.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func defaultValidators() NodeSet {
 			},
 			{
 				ElType:   "besu",
-				Replicas: 1,
+				Replicas: 0, // Besu causing flakey tests.
 				KZGImpl:  "crate-crypto/go-kzg-4844",
 			},
 		},
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func defaultExecutionSettings() ExecutionSettings {
 		Specs: NodeSpecs{
 			MinCPU:    0,
 			MaxCPU:    0,
-			MinMemory: 1024, //nolint:mnd // 1 GB
+			MinMemory: 0,
 			MaxMemory: 2048, //nolint:mnd // 2 GB
 		},
 		Images: map[string]string{