diff --git a/.github/actions/constellation_create/action.yml b/.github/actions/constellation_create/action.yml
index 93814de09..351d6c0d8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/constellation_create/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/constellation_create/action.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ runs:
             (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.location) = \"West US\" |
             (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.userAssignedIdentity) = \"/subscriptions/0d202bbb-4fa7-4af8-8125-58c269a05435/resourceGroups/e2e-test-creds/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/e2e-test-user-assigned-id\" |
             (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.resourceGroup) = \"${{ inputs.azureResourceGroup }}\" |
-            (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.instanceType) = \"${{ inputs.machineType }}\" |
             (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.appClientID) = \"b657a00e-813a-4dc7-9b09-fa498a254d71\" |
             (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.clientSecretValue) = \"${{ inputs.azureClientSecret }}\" |
             (.provider | select(. | has(\"azure\")).azure.enforcedMeasurements) = [11,12]" \
diff --git a/.github/actions/e2e_test/action.yml b/.github/actions/e2e_test/action.yml
index 232873e70..4d642ead9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/e2e_test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/e2e_test/action.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ inputs:
     required: true
   machineType:
     description: "VM machine type. Make sure it matches selected cloud provider!"
-    required: true
+    required: false
   coreosImage:
     description: "CoreOS image to run. The default value 'debug-latest' will select the latest available debug image."
     default: "debug-latest"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml
index cfb241eae..0f52acdb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ jobs:
           controlNodesCount: "1"
           autoscale: "false"
           cloudProvider: "azure"
-          machineType: "Standard_DC4as_v5"
           azure_credentials: ${{ secrets.AZURE_E2E_CREDENTIALS }}
           azureClientSecret: ${{ secrets.AZURE_E2E_CLIENT_SECRET }}
           azureResourceGroup: ${{ steps.az_resource_group_gen.outputs.res_group_name }}