diff --git a/.github/workflows/commitChecks.yml b/.github/workflows/commitChecks.yml
index 989ea8592..ee7e0adf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commitChecks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commitChecks.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # Configure the parameters sent to the test JVM in the settings file (avoids some quoting/escaping issues). 
         # TODO: replace with -P gradle property overrides in the test command once the quoting/escaping issues can be worked out
-        sed -i "s/testJvmSystemProperties =.*/testJvmSystemProperties = -Dwres.useSSL=false -Dwres.useDatabase=false -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dwres.dataDirectory=. -Djava.io.tmpdir=.. -Ducar.unidata.io.http.maxReadCacheSize=200000 -Ducar.unidata.io.http.httpBufferSize=200000 -Dwres.attemptToMigrate=false -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dwres.externalGraphics=true -Dwres.externalNumerics=true -Dwres.startBroker=false -Dwres.eventsBrokerAddress=localhost -Dwres.eventsBrokerPort=5673/g" $systests_dir/gradle.properties
+        sed -i "s/testJvmSystemProperties =.*/testJvmSystemProperties = -Dwres.useSSL=false -Dwres.useDatabase=false -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dwres.dataDirectory=. -Djava.io.tmpdir=.. -Ducar.unidata.io.http.maxReadCacheSize=200000 -Ducar.unidata.io.http.httpBufferSize=200000 -Dwres.attemptToMigrate=false -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dwres.externalGraphics=false -Dwres.externalNumerics=false -Dwres.startBroker=false -Dwres.eventsBrokerAddress=localhost -Dwres.eventsBrokerPort=5673/g" $systests_dir/gradle.properties
         sed -i "s/testJvmSystemPropertiesGraphics =.*/testJvmSystemPropertiesGraphics = -Djava.io.tmpdir=. -Dwres.startBroker=true -Dwres.eventsBrokerAddress=localhost -Dwres.eventsBrokerPort=5673/g" $systests_dir/gradle.properties
         sed -i "s/testJvmSystemPropertiesWriting =.*/testJvmSystemPropertiesWriting = -Djava.io.tmpdir=. -Dwres.startBroker=false -Dwres.eventsBrokerAddress=localhost -Dwres.eventsBrokerPort=5673/g" $systests_dir/gradle.properties