diff --git a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml
index e1ca170f5..8fbf09fce 100644
--- a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml
+++ b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack-configmap.yaml
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ data:
             db: ${env.POSTGRES_DB:=llamastack}
             user: ${env.POSTGRES_USER:=llamastack}
             password: ${env.POSTGRES_PASSWORD:=llamastack}
-      files:
-      - provider_id: meta-reference-files
-        provider_type: inline::localfs
-        config:
-          storage_dir: ${env.FILES_STORAGE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter/files}
-          metadata_store:
-            type: sqlite
-            db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter}/files_metadata.db
       safety:
       - provider_id: llama-guard
         provider_type: inline::llama-guard
diff --git a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack_run_config.yaml b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack_run_config.yaml
index 96907543a..88f4b0fef 100644
--- a/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack_run_config.yaml
+++ b/benchmarking/k8s-benchmark/stack_run_config.yaml
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ providers:
       persistence:
         namespace: vector_io::chroma_remote
         backend: kv_default
-  files:
-  - provider_id: meta-reference-files
-    provider_type: inline::localfs
-    config:
-      storage_dir: ${env.FILES_STORAGE_DIR:=~/.llama/distributions/starter/files}
-      metadata_store:
-        table_name: files_metadata
-        backend: sql_default
   safety:
   - provider_id: llama-guard
     provider_type: inline::llama-guard