diff --git a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/acceptanceTest/resources/0001-configure-redis-tests.patch b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/acceptanceTest/resources/0001-configure-redis-tests.patch
index e83bf1d9cd49..9bf0bf91dd63 100644
--- a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/acceptanceTest/resources/0001-configure-redis-tests.patch
+++ b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/acceptanceTest/resources/0001-configure-redis-tests.patch
@@ -162,33 +162,17 @@ index de24eabed..aeeb1da7f 100644
  
      test {PERSIST returns 0 against non existing or non volatile keys} {
          r set x foo
-@@ -149,44 +149,44 @@ start_server {tags {"expire"}} {
--    test {Redis should actively expire keys incrementally} {
--        r flushdb
--        r psetex key1 500 a
--        r psetex key2 500 a
--        r psetex key3 500 a
--        set size1 [r dbsize]
--        # Redis expires random keys ten times every second so we are
--        # fairly sure that all the three keys should be evicted after
+@@ -154,39 +154,39 @@ start_server {tags {"expire"}} {
+         set size1 [r dbsize]
+         # Redis expires random keys ten times every second so we are
+         # fairly sure that all the three keys should be evicted after
 -        # one second.
 -        after 1000
--        set size2 [r dbsize]
--        list $size1 $size2
--    } {3 0}
-+#    test {Redis should actively expire keys incrementally} {
-+#        r flushdb
-+#        r psetex key1 500 a
-+#        r psetex key2 500 a
-+#        r psetex key3 500 a
-+#        set size1 [r dbsize]
-+#        # Redis expires random keys ten times every second so we are
-+#        # fairly sure that all the three keys should be evicted after
-+#        # one second.
-+#        after 1000
-+#        set size2 [r dbsize]
-+#        list $size1 $size2
-+#    } {3 0}
++        # two seconds.
++        after 2000
+         set size2 [r dbsize]
+         list $size1 $size2
+     } {3 0}
  
 -    test {Redis should lazy expire keys} {
 -        r flushdb
diff --git a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/GeodeServerRunTest.java b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/GeodeServerRunTest.java
index 639c8f36653e..1ba35a1bdf72 100755
--- a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/GeodeServerRunTest.java
+++ b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/GeodeServerRunTest.java
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ public class GeodeServerRunTest {
 
   @Test
   @Ignore("This is a no-op test to conveniently run redis api for geode server for local development/testing purposes")
-  public void runGeodeServer() throws InterruptedException {
+  public void runGeodeServer() {
     LogService.getLogger().warn("Server running on port: " + server.getPort());
     while (true) {
-      Thread.sleep(1000);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/executor/server/AbstractHitsMissesIntegrationTest.java b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/executor/server/AbstractHitsMissesIntegrationTest.java
index eead4062d8e5..1e9a29fc5175 100644
--- a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/executor/server/AbstractHitsMissesIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/integrationTest/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/executor/server/AbstractHitsMissesIntegrationTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import redis.clients.jedis.BitOP;
 import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
 
-import org.apache.geode.redis.internal.PassiveExpirationManager;
 import org.apache.geode.test.awaitility.GeodeAwaitility;
 import org.apache.geode.test.dunit.rules.RedisPortSupplier;
 
@@ -170,8 +169,7 @@ public void testExpire() {
   public void testPassiveExpiration() {
     runCommandAndAssertNoStatUpdates("hash", (k) -> {
       jedis.expire(k, 1);
-      GeodeAwaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofMinutes(PassiveExpirationManager.INTERVAL * 2))
-          .until(() -> jedis.keys("hash").isEmpty());
+      GeodeAwaitility.await().during(Duration.ofSeconds(3)).until(() -> true);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/PassiveExpirationManager.java b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/PassiveExpirationManager.java
index 37a0ef3453e4..c5edd81aa0c8 100644
--- a/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/PassiveExpirationManager.java
+++ b/geode-apis-compatible-with-redis/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/redis/internal/PassiveExpirationManager.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.geode.redis.internal;
 
-import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MINUTES;
+import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
 import static org.apache.geode.logging.internal.executors.LoggingExecutors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor;
 
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
-import org.apache.geode.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.geode.cache.CacheClosedException;
 import org.apache.geode.cache.EntryDestroyedException;
 import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
@@ -43,15 +42,15 @@ public class PassiveExpirationManager {
   private final ScheduledExecutorService expirationExecutor;
   private final RedisStats redisStats;
 
-  @VisibleForTesting
-  public static final int INTERVAL = 3;
 
   public PassiveExpirationManager(Region<RedisKey, RedisData> dataRegion, RedisStats redisStats) {
     this.dataRegion = dataRegion;
     this.redisStats = redisStats;
     expirationExecutor = newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor("GemFireRedis-PassiveExpiration-");
+    int INTERVAL = 1;
     expirationExecutor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(() -> doDataExpiration(dataRegion), INTERVAL,
-        INTERVAL, MINUTES);
+        INTERVAL,
+        SECONDS);
   }
 
   public void stop() {