diff --git a/testing/citest/spinnaker_testing/google_scenario_support.py b/testing/citest/spinnaker_testing/google_scenario_support.py
index 2d9ff663..33f95aee 100644
--- a/testing/citest/spinnaker_testing/google_scenario_support.py
+++ b/testing/citest/spinnaker_testing/google_scenario_support.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def add_commandline_parameters(cls, scenario_class, builder, defaults):
     builder.add_argument(
         '--test_gce_image_name',
         default=defaults.get('TEST_GCE_IMAGE_NAME',
-                             'citest-boot-image'),
+                             'apache-base-image'),
         help='Default Google Compute Engine image name to use when'
              ' creating test instances.')
 
diff --git a/testing/citest/tests/bake_and_deploy_test.py b/testing/citest/tests/bake_and_deploy_test.py
index 45f15413..cf539515 100644
--- a/testing/citest/tests/bake_and_deploy_test.py
+++ b/testing/citest/tests/bake_and_deploy_test.py
@@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ def make_deploy_google_stage(self, requisiteStages=None):
         'zone': self.bindings['TEST_GCE_ZONE'],
         'network': 'default',
         'instanceMetadata': {
-          'startup-script':
-            'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install apache2 -y',
           'load-balancer-names': self.__full_lb_name
         },
         'tags': [],
diff --git a/testing/citest/tests/google_http_lb_upsert_scenario.py b/testing/citest/tests/google_http_lb_upsert_scenario.py
index 86d43ca3..25b7fe6e 100644
--- a/testing/citest/tests/google_http_lb_upsert_scenario.py
+++ b/testing/citest/tests/google_http_lb_upsert_scenario.py
@@ -634,8 +634,6 @@ def add_server_group(self):
           bindings['TEST_GCE_REGION']: [bindings['TEST_GCE_ZONE']]
         },
         'instanceMetadata': {
-          'startup-script': ('sudo apt-get update'
-                             ' && sudo apt-get install apache2 -y'),
           'global-load-balancer-names': self.__lb_name,
           'backend-service-names': 'bs-' + self.TEST_APP,
           'load-balancing-policy': json.dumps(policy)
diff --git a/testing/citest/tests/google_smoke_test.py b/testing/citest/tests/google_smoke_test.py
index a4a3813d..3a257706 100644
--- a/testing/citest/tests/google_smoke_test.py
+++ b/testing/citest/tests/google_smoke_test.py
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ def create_server_group(self):
                 bindings['TEST_GCE_REGION']: [bindings['TEST_GCE_ZONE']]
             },
             'instanceMetadata': {
-                'startup-script': ('sudo apt-get update'
-                                   ' && sudo apt-get install apache2 -y'),
                 'load-balancer-names': self.__lb_name
             },
             'account': bindings['SPINNAKER_GOOGLE_ACCOUNT'],