diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/base/crypto-perf-dpdk-pod-requesting-qat.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/base/crypto-perf-dpdk-pod-requesting-qat.yaml
index 55b72894c..b4790bb14 100644
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/base/crypto-perf-dpdk-pod-requesting-qat.yaml
+++ b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/base/crypto-perf-dpdk-pod-requesting-qat.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+configMapGenerator:
+- files:
+  - file.txt
+  name: test-data
+
 kind: Pod
 apiVersion: v1
 metadata:
@@ -7,8 +12,8 @@ spec:
   - name: crypto-perf
     image: intel/crypto-perf:devel
     imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-    command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "--" ]
-    args: [ "while true; do sleep 300000; done;" ]
+    command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "/usr/bin/run-dpdk-test" ]
+    args: [ "--ptest throughput --devtype crypto_qat --optype cipher-only --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-op encrypt --cipher-key-sz 16 --total-ops 10000000 --burst-sz 32 --buffer-sz 64" ]
     volumeMounts:
     - mountPath: /dev/hugepages
       name: hugepage
@@ -18,12 +23,41 @@ spec:
       requests:
         cpu: "3"
         memory: "128Mi"
-        qat.intel.com/generic: '4'
+        qat.intel.com/cy: '4'
         hugepages-2Mi: "128Mi"
       limits:
         cpu: "3"
         memory: "128Mi"
-        qat.intel.com/generic: '4'
+        qat.intel.com/cy: '4'
+        hugepages-2Mi: "128Mi"
+    securityContext:
+      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+      capabilities:
+        add:
+          ["IPC_LOCK"]
+  - name: compress-perf
+    image: intel/crypto-perf:devel
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "/usr/bin/run-dpdk-test" ]
+    args: [ "--driver-name compress_qat --input-file /var/data/file.txt --seg-sz 8192 --compress-level 1:1:9 --num-iter 10 --extended-input-sz 1048576 --max-num-sgl-segs 16 --huffman-enc fixed" ]
+    volumeMounts:
+    - mountPath: /dev/hugepages
+      name: hugepage
+    - mountPath: /var/run/dpdk
+      name: dpdk-runtime
+    - mountPath: /var/data/
+      name: testfile
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: "3"
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        qat.intel.com/dc: '4'
+        hugepages-2Mi: "128Mi"
+      limits:
+        cpu: "3"
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        qat.intel.com/dc: '4'
         hugepages-2Mi: "128Mi"
     securityContext:
       readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
@@ -39,3 +73,6 @@ spec:
   - name: hugepage
     emptyDir:
       medium: HugePages
+  - name: testfile
+    configMap:
+      name: test-data
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/file.txt b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/base/file.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/file.txt
rename to deployments/qat_dpdk_app/base/file.txt
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/env_replace_testcmd.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/env_replace_testcmd.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b537bde6..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/env_replace_testcmd.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: qat-dpdk
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - name: crypto-perf
-    env:
-    - name: TESTCMD
-      value: "compress"
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/kustomization.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65f3cbf01..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-nameSuffix: -compress-perf
-resources:
-- ../dpdk-test/
-configMapGenerator:
-- files:
-  - file.txt
-  name: test-data
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-patches:
-- path: volume_add_configmap.yaml
-- path: env_replace_testcmd.yaml
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/volume_add_configmap.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/volume_add_configmap.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66859f7f5..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/compress-perf/volume_add_configmap.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: qat-dpdk
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - name: crypto-perf
-    volumeMounts:
-    - name: testfile
-      mountPath: /var/data/
-  volumes:
-  - name: testfile
-    configMap:
-      name: test-data
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/env_replace_testcmd.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/env_replace_testcmd.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bf72b1ef..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/env_replace_testcmd.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: qat-dpdk-test
-spec:
-  containers:
-  - name: crypto-perf
-    env:
-    - name: TESTCMD
-      value: "crypto"
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/kustomization.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cea1553d..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-nameSuffix: -crypto-perf
-resources:
-- ../dpdk-test/
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-patches:
-- path: test.json
-  target:
-    kind: Pod
-    name: qat-dpdk
-    version: v1
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/test.json b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/test.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9655134c7..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/crypto-perf/test.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/containers/0/env/0/value", "value": "crypto"}
-]
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/dpdk-test/containers_patch_command_args.json b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/dpdk-test/containers_patch_command_args.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 47daa87b5..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/dpdk-test/containers_patch_command_args.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/containers/0/args"},
-  {"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/containers/0/command", "value": ["/usr/bin/run-dpdk-test"]},
-  {"op": "add", "path": "/spec/containers/0/env", "value": [{"name": "TESTCMD", "value": "dummy"}, {"name": "PTEST", "value": "dummy"}]}
-]
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/dpdk-test/kustomization.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/dpdk-test/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b868cdea3..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/patches/dpdk-test/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-nameSuffix: -test
-resources:
-- ../../base/
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-patches:
-- path: containers_patch_command_args.json
-  target:
-    kind: Pod
-    name: qat-dpdk
-    version: v1
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-compress1/kustomization.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-compress1/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 689c1fd82..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-compress1/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-nameSuffix: -tc1
-resources:
-- ../patches/compress-perf
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-patches:
-- path: tc1.json
-  target:
-    kind: Pod
-    name: qat-dpdk
-    version: v1
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-compress1/tc1.json b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-compress1/tc1.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 97c844b31..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-compress1/tc1.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- op: replace
-  path: /spec/containers/0/env/1/value
-  value: "--driver-name compress_qat --input-file /var/data/file.txt --seg-sz 8192 --compress-level 1:1:9 --num-iter 10 --extended-input-sz 1048576 --max-num-sgl-segs 16 --huffman-enc fixed"
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1-gen4/kustomization.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1-gen4/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b39c90b19..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1-gen4/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-nameSuffix: -gen4
-resources:
-- ../test-crypto1
-patches:
-- target:
-    version: v1
-    kind: Pod
-    name: qat-dpdk
-  path: tc1-gen4.yaml
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1-gen4/tc1-gen4.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1-gen4/tc1-gen4.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55f03f219..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1-gen4/tc1-gen4.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-- op: replace
-  path: /spec/containers/0/resources
-  value:
-    requests:
-      cpu: "3"
-      memory: "128Mi"
-      qat.intel.com/cy: '4'
-      hugepages-2Mi: "128Mi"
-    limits:
-      cpu: "3"
-      memory: "128Mi"
-      qat.intel.com/cy: '4'
-      hugepages-2Mi: "128Mi"
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1/kustomization.yaml b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 58546ab67..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-nameSuffix: -tc1
-resources:
-- ../patches/crypto-perf
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-patches:
-- path: tc1.json
-  target:
-    kind: Pod
-    name: qat-dpdk
-    version: v1
diff --git a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1/tc1.json b/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1/tc1.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 927003624..000000000
--- a/deployments/qat_dpdk_app/test-crypto1/tc1.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- op: replace
-  path: /spec/containers/0/env/1/value
-  value: "--ptest throughput --devtype crypto_qat --optype cipher-only --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-op encrypt --cipher-key-sz 16 --total-ops 10000000 --burst-sz 32 --buffer-sz 64"