diff --git a/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/app.yaml b/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/app.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 08fee054..00000000
--- a/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/app.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: lunchpail.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Application
-metadata:
-  name: header_cleanser
-spec:
-  image: docker.io/python:3.12
-  command: python3 ./main.py
-  minSize: 4Gi
-  needs:
-    - name: python
-      version: latest
-      requirements: |
-{{ .Files.Get "data/requirements.txt" | indent 8 }} 
-  code:
-    - name: main.py
-      source: |
-{{ .Files.Get "src/main.py" | indent 8 }}
-    - name: header_cleanser_transform.py
-      source: |
-{{ .Files.Get "src/header_cleanser_transform.py" | indent 8 }}
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/data/requirements.txt b/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/data/requirements.txt
rename to tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/pail/requirements.txt
diff --git a/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/settings.sh b/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/settings.sh
index 990df80f..8268b7bd 100644
--- a/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/settings.sh
+++ b/tests/tests/python-code-header-cleanser/settings.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ api=workqueue
 expected=("input table has 10 rows" "output table has 10 rows")
 NUM_DESIRED_OUTPUTS=0
 
+# the default is --yaml. we don't want that
+source_from=" "
+
 up_args='<(gunzip -c "$TEST_PATH"/pail/test-data/input/test1.parquet.gz)'