diff --git a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/ServerUtils.java b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/ServerUtils.java
index ee1cf464772..ae71ac2d1af 100644
--- a/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/qa/os/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/packaging/util/ServerUtils.java
@@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ public class ServerUtils {
     protected static final Logger logger =  LogManager.getLogger(ServerUtils.class);
 
     // generous timeout  as nested virtualization can be quite slow ...
-    private static final long waitTime = TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(
-        System.getProperty("tests.inVM") == null ? 3 : 1
-    );
-    private static final long timeoutLength = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(
-        System.getProperty("tests.inVM") == null ? 30 : 10
-    );
+    private static final long waitTime = TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(3);
+    private static final long timeoutLength = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(30);
     private static final long requestInterval = TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(5);
 
     public static void waitForElasticsearch(Installation installation) throws IOException {