diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/integ.multiple-application-load-balanced-ecs-service.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/integ.multiple-application-load-balanced-ecs-service.expected.json
index 147a8bc8a7bfb..37591d33dc38b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/integ.multiple-application-load-balanced-ecs-service.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/ec2/integ.multiple-application-load-balanced-ecs-service.expected.json
@@ -1128,7 +1128,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "EC2",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.alb-fargate-service-feature-flags.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.alb-fargate-service-feature-flags.expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 40d86be5d331b..0000000000000
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.alb-fargate-service-feature-flags.expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,695 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "Resources": {
-    "Vpc8378EB38": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC",
-      "Properties": {
-        "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
-        "EnableDnsHostnames": true,
-        "EnableDnsSupport": true,
-        "InstanceTenancy": "default",
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet1Subnet5C2D37C4": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
-      "Properties": {
-        "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/18",
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "AvailabilityZone": "test-region-1a",
-        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": true,
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
-            "Value": "Public"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
-            "Value": "Public"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet1"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet1RouteTable6C95E38E": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
-      "Properties": {
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet1"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet1RouteTableAssociation97140677": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet1RouteTable6C95E38E"
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet1Subnet5C2D37C4"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet1DefaultRoute3DA9E72A": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet1RouteTable6C95E38E"
-        },
-        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
-        "GatewayId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcIGWD7BA715C"
-        }
-      },
-      "DependsOn": [
-        "VpcVPCGWBF912B6E"
-      ]
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet1EIPD7E02669": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::EIP",
-      "Properties": {
-        "Domain": "vpc",
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet1"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet1NATGateway4D7517AA": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::NatGateway",
-      "Properties": {
-        "AllocationId": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "VpcPublicSubnet1EIPD7E02669",
-            "AllocationId"
-          ]
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet1Subnet5C2D37C4"
-        },
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet1"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet2Subnet691E08A3": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
-      "Properties": {
-        "CidrBlock": "10.0.64.0/18",
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "AvailabilityZone": "test-region-1b",
-        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": true,
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
-            "Value": "Public"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
-            "Value": "Public"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet2"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet2RouteTable94F7E489": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
-      "Properties": {
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet2"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet2RouteTableAssociationDD5762D8": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet2RouteTable94F7E489"
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet2Subnet691E08A3"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet2DefaultRoute97F91067": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet2RouteTable94F7E489"
-        },
-        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
-        "GatewayId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcIGWD7BA715C"
-        }
-      },
-      "DependsOn": [
-        "VpcVPCGWBF912B6E"
-      ]
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet2EIP3C605A87": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::EIP",
-      "Properties": {
-        "Domain": "vpc",
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet2"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPublicSubnet2NATGateway9182C01D": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::NatGateway",
-      "Properties": {
-        "AllocationId": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "VpcPublicSubnet2EIP3C605A87",
-            "AllocationId"
-          ]
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet2Subnet691E08A3"
-        },
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PublicSubnet2"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet1Subnet536B997A": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
-      "Properties": {
-        "CidrBlock": "10.0.128.0/18",
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "AvailabilityZone": "test-region-1a",
-        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": false,
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
-            "Value": "Private"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
-            "Value": "Private"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PrivateSubnet1"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet1RouteTableB2C5B500": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
-      "Properties": {
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PrivateSubnet1"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet1RouteTableAssociation70C59FA6": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet1RouteTableB2C5B500"
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet1Subnet536B997A"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet1DefaultRouteBE02A9ED": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet1RouteTableB2C5B500"
-        },
-        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
-        "NatGatewayId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet1NATGateway4D7517AA"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet2Subnet3788AAA1": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
-      "Properties": {
-        "CidrBlock": "10.0.192.0/18",
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "AvailabilityZone": "test-region-1b",
-        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": false,
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
-            "Value": "Private"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
-            "Value": "Private"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PrivateSubnet2"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet2RouteTableA678073B": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
-      "Properties": {
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc/PrivateSubnet2"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet2RouteTableAssociationA89CAD56": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet2RouteTableA678073B"
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet2Subnet3788AAA1"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcPrivateSubnet2DefaultRoute060D2087": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet2RouteTableA678073B"
-        },
-        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
-        "NatGatewayId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet2NATGateway9182C01D"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcIGWD7BA715C": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::InternetGateway",
-      "Properties": {
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-integ/Vpc"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "VpcVPCGWBF912B6E": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment",
-      "Properties": {
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        },
-        "InternetGatewayId": {
-          "Ref": "VpcIGWD7BA715C"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "FargateCluster7CCD5F93": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ECS::Cluster"
-    },
-    "L3LB212FC0E0": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer",
-      "Properties": {
-        "LoadBalancerAttributes": [
-          {
-            "Key": "deletion_protection.enabled",
-            "Value": "false"
-          }
-        ],
-        "Scheme": "internet-facing",
-        "SecurityGroups": [
-          {
-            "Fn::GetAtt": [
-              "L3LBSecurityGroupEDE61198",
-              "GroupId"
-            ]
-          }
-        ],
-        "Subnets": [
-          {
-            "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet1Subnet5C2D37C4"
-          },
-          {
-            "Ref": "VpcPublicSubnet2Subnet691E08A3"
-          }
-        ],
-        "Type": "application"
-      },
-      "DependsOn": [
-        "VpcPublicSubnet1DefaultRoute3DA9E72A",
-        "VpcPublicSubnet2DefaultRoute97F91067"
-      ]
-    },
-    "L3LBSecurityGroupEDE61198": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
-      "Properties": {
-        "GroupDescription": "Automatically created Security Group for ELB awsecsintegL3LB6453BA0A",
-        "SecurityGroupIngress": [
-          {
-            "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
-            "Description": "Allow from anyone on port 80",
-            "FromPort": 80,
-            "IpProtocol": "tcp",
-            "ToPort": 80
-          }
-        ],
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "L3LBSecurityGrouptoawsecsintegL3ServiceSecurityGroup7B96C87F8094933E0A": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupEgress",
-      "Properties": {
-        "GroupId": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "L3LBSecurityGroupEDE61198",
-            "GroupId"
-          ]
-        },
-        "IpProtocol": "tcp",
-        "Description": "Load balancer to target",
-        "DestinationSecurityGroupId": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "L3ServiceSecurityGroup677B0897",
-            "GroupId"
-          ]
-        },
-        "FromPort": 80,
-        "ToPort": 80
-      }
-    },
-    "L3LBPublicListener156FFC0F": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::Listener",
-      "Properties": {
-        "DefaultActions": [
-          {
-            "TargetGroupArn": {
-              "Ref": "L3LBPublicListenerECSGroup648EEA11"
-            },
-            "Type": "forward"
-          }
-        ],
-        "LoadBalancerArn": {
-          "Ref": "L3LB212FC0E0"
-        },
-        "Port": 80,
-        "Protocol": "HTTP"
-      }
-    },
-    "L3LBPublicListenerECSGroup648EEA11": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::TargetGroup",
-      "Properties": {
-        "Port": 80,
-        "Protocol": "HTTP",
-        "TargetType": "ip",
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "L3TaskDefTaskRole21C75D10": {
-      "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
-      "Properties": {
-        "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
-          "Statement": [
-            {
-              "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
-              "Effect": "Allow",
-              "Principal": {
-                "Service": "ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com"
-              }
-            }
-          ],
-          "Version": "2012-10-17"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "L3TaskDef48D8ACB8": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition",
-      "Properties": {
-        "ContainerDefinitions": [
-          {
-            "Essential": true,
-            "Image": "amazon/amazon-ecs-sample",
-            "LogConfiguration": {
-              "LogDriver": "awslogs",
-              "Options": {
-                "awslogs-group": {
-                  "Ref": "L3TaskDefwebLogGroupC6E4A38A"
-                },
-                "awslogs-stream-prefix": "L3",
-                "awslogs-region": {
-                  "Ref": "AWS::Region"
-                }
-              }
-            },
-            "Name": "web",
-            "PortMappings": [
-              {
-                "ContainerPort": 80,
-                "Protocol": "tcp"
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ],
-        "Cpu": "512",
-        "ExecutionRoleArn": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "L3TaskDefExecutionRole49AF0996",
-            "Arn"
-          ]
-        },
-        "Family": "awsecsintegL3TaskDefAA25240E",
-        "Memory": "1024",
-        "NetworkMode": "awsvpc",
-        "RequiresCompatibilities": [
-          "FARGATE"
-        ],
-        "TaskRoleArn": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "L3TaskDefTaskRole21C75D10",
-            "Arn"
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "L3TaskDefwebLogGroupC6E4A38A": {
-      "Type": "AWS::Logs::LogGroup",
-      "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Retain",
-      "DeletionPolicy": "Retain"
-    },
-    "L3TaskDefExecutionRole49AF0996": {
-      "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
-      "Properties": {
-        "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
-          "Statement": [
-            {
-              "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
-              "Effect": "Allow",
-              "Principal": {
-                "Service": "ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com"
-              }
-            }
-          ],
-          "Version": "2012-10-17"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "L3TaskDefExecutionRoleDefaultPolicy4656E642": {
-      "Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
-      "Properties": {
-        "PolicyDocument": {
-          "Statement": [
-            {
-              "Action": [
-                "logs:CreateLogStream",
-                "logs:PutLogEvents"
-              ],
-              "Effect": "Allow",
-              "Resource": {
-                "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                  "L3TaskDefwebLogGroupC6E4A38A",
-                  "Arn"
-                ]
-              }
-            }
-          ],
-          "Version": "2012-10-17"
-        },
-        "PolicyName": "L3TaskDefExecutionRoleDefaultPolicy4656E642",
-        "Roles": [
-          {
-            "Ref": "L3TaskDefExecutionRole49AF0996"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "L3Service616D5A93": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ECS::Service",
-      "Properties": {
-        "Cluster": {
-          "Ref": "FargateCluster7CCD5F93"
-        },
-        "DeploymentConfiguration": {
-          "MaximumPercent": 200,
-          "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
-        },
-        "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
-        "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
-        "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
-        "LoadBalancers": [
-          {
-            "ContainerName": "web",
-            "ContainerPort": 80,
-            "TargetGroupArn": {
-              "Ref": "L3LBPublicListenerECSGroup648EEA11"
-            }
-          }
-        ],
-        "NetworkConfiguration": {
-          "AwsvpcConfiguration": {
-            "AssignPublicIp": "DISABLED",
-            "SecurityGroups": [
-              {
-                "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                  "L3ServiceSecurityGroup677B0897",
-                  "GroupId"
-                ]
-              }
-            ],
-            "Subnets": [
-              {
-                "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet1Subnet536B997A"
-              },
-              {
-                "Ref": "VpcPrivateSubnet2Subnet3788AAA1"
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        },
-        "TaskDefinition": {
-          "Ref": "L3TaskDef48D8ACB8"
-        }
-      },
-      "DependsOn": [
-        "L3LBPublicListenerECSGroup648EEA11",
-        "L3LBPublicListener156FFC0F"
-      ]
-    },
-    "L3ServiceSecurityGroup677B0897": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
-      "Properties": {
-        "GroupDescription": "aws-ecs-integ/L3/Service/SecurityGroup",
-        "SecurityGroupEgress": [
-          {
-            "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
-            "Description": "Allow all outbound traffic by default",
-            "IpProtocol": "-1"
-          }
-        ],
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "Vpc8378EB38"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "L3ServiceSecurityGroupfromawsecsintegL3LBSecurityGroupA70DA46C80DBDFBCD6": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress",
-      "Properties": {
-        "IpProtocol": "tcp",
-        "Description": "Load balancer to target",
-        "FromPort": 80,
-        "GroupId": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "L3ServiceSecurityGroup677B0897",
-            "GroupId"
-          ]
-        },
-        "SourceSecurityGroupId": {
-          "Fn::GetAtt": [
-            "L3LBSecurityGroupEDE61198",
-            "GroupId"
-          ]
-        },
-        "ToPort": 80
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "Outputs": {
-    "L3LoadBalancerDNSC6CB4A70": {
-      "Value": {
-        "Fn::GetAtt": [
-          "L3LB212FC0E0",
-          "DNSName"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "L3ServiceURL0F065F2D": {
-      "Value": {
-        "Fn::Join": [
-          "",
-          [
-            "http://",
-            {
-              "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                "L3LB212FC0E0",
-                "DNSName"
-              ]
-            }
-          ]
-        ]
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.alb-fargate-service-feature-flags.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.alb-fargate-service-feature-flags.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bda6d2549d16..0000000000000
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.alb-fargate-service-feature-flags.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import * as ec2 from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
-import * as ecs from '@aws-cdk/aws-ecs';
-import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
-import * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
-import * as ecsPatterns from '../../lib';
-
-const app = new cdk.App();
-const stack = new cdk.Stack(app, 'aws-ecs-integ');
-stack.node.setContext(cxapi.ECS_REMOVE_DEFAULT_DESIRED_COUNT, true);
-
-const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'Vpc', { maxAzs: 2 });
-
-const cluster = new ecs.Cluster(stack, 'FargateCluster', { vpc });
-
-new ecsPatterns.ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService(stack, 'L3', {
-  cluster,
-  memoryLimitMiB: 1024,
-  cpu: 512,
-  taskImageOptions: {
-    image: ecs.ContainerImage.fromRegistry('amazon/amazon-ecs-sample'),
-  },
-});
-
-app.synth();
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.asset-image.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.asset-image.expected.json
index 364f0a27d8b15..0e4ea6e768090 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.asset-image.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.asset-image.expected.json
@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.executionrole.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.executionrole.expected.json
index 2d70c2c40cae2..93c7a7307a6ee 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.executionrole.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.executionrole.expected.json
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-autocreate.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-autocreate.expected.json
index 84a73622ee2d8..5813cd78e41f3 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-autocreate.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-autocreate.expected.json
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
@@ -894,7 +893,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-vpconly.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-vpconly.expected.json
index c549746d8769e..5556df70a59b7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-vpconly.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3-vpconly.expected.json
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
@@ -1249,7 +1248,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
@@ -1560,7 +1558,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3.expected.json
index c79a622e159a9..40d86be5d331b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.l3.expected.json
@@ -586,7 +586,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
index 532377e2accdd..1d670f79f58a6 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": true,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.multiple-network-load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.multiple-network-load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
index 815cfe99b94f6..2cdd6991792e8 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.multiple-network-load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.multiple-network-load-balanced-fargate-service.expected.json
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-feature-flags.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-feature-flags.expected.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 11b8a2dab2f59..0000000000000
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-feature-flags.expected.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,837 +0,0 @@
-{
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-        "EnableDnsSupport": true,
-        "InstanceTenancy": "default",
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-patterns-queue/VPC"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
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-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
-      "Properties": {
-        "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/18",
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
-        },
-        "AvailabilityZone": "test-region-1a",
-        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": true,
-        "Tags": [
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
-            "Value": "Public"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
-            "Value": "Public"
-          },
-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-patterns-queue/VPC/PublicSubnet1"
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-    "VPCPublicSubnet1RouteTableFEE4B781": {
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-      "Properties": {
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
-        },
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-          {
-            "Key": "Name",
-            "Value": "aws-ecs-patterns-queue/VPC/PublicSubnet1"
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-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
-      "Properties": {
-        "RouteTableId": {
-          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1RouteTableFEE4B781"
-        },
-        "SubnetId": {
-          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1SubnetB4246D30"
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-    "VPCPublicSubnet1DefaultRoute91CEF279": {
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-        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
-        "GatewayId": {
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-            "Value": "aws-ecs-patterns-queue/VPC/PublicSubnet1"
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-              "Resource": {
-                "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                  "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingTaskDefQueueProcessingContainerLogGroupCC92448A",
-                  "Arn"
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-        },
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-          "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
-        },
-        "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
-        "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
-        "NetworkConfiguration": {
-          "AwsvpcConfiguration": {
-            "AssignPublicIp": "DISABLED",
-            "SecurityGroups": [
-              {
-                "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                  "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceSecurityGroup8FDF413D",
-                  "GroupId"
-                ]
-              }
-            ],
-            "Subnets": [
-              {
-                "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet1Subnet8BCA10E0"
-              },
-              {
-                "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet2SubnetCFCDAA7A"
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        },
-        "TaskDefinition": {
-          "Ref": "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingTaskDef4982F68B"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceSecurityGroup8FDF413D": {
-      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
-      "Properties": {
-        "GroupDescription": "aws-ecs-patterns-queue/QueueProcessingService/QueueProcessingFargateService/SecurityGroup",
-        "SecurityGroupEgress": [
-          {
-            "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
-            "Description": "Allow all outbound traffic by default",
-            "IpProtocol": "-1"
-          }
-        ],
-        "VpcId": {
-          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetA9D54444": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalableTarget",
-      "Properties": {
-        "MaxCapacity": 2,
-        "MinCapacity": 1,
-        "ResourceId": {
-          "Fn::Join": [
-            "",
-            [
-              "service/",
-              {
-                "Ref": "EcsDefaultClusterMnL3mNNYNVPC9C1EC7A3"
-              },
-              "/",
-              {
-                "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                  "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateService0340DB9F",
-                  "Name"
-                ]
-              }
-            ]
-          ]
-        },
-        "RoleARN": {
-          "Fn::Join": [
-            "",
-            [
-              "arn:",
-              {
-                "Ref": "AWS::Partition"
-              },
-              ":iam::",
-              {
-                "Ref": "AWS::AccountId"
-              },
-              ":role/aws-service-role/ecs.application-autoscaling.amazonaws.com/AWSServiceRoleForApplicationAutoScaling_ECSService"
-            ]
-          ]
-        },
-        "ScalableDimension": "ecs:service:DesiredCount",
-        "ServiceNamespace": "ecs"
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetCpuScaling330150E9": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy",
-      "Properties": {
-        "PolicyName": "awsecspatternsqueueQueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetCpuScaling374CE648",
-        "PolicyType": "TargetTrackingScaling",
-        "ScalingTargetId": {
-          "Ref": "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetA9D54444"
-        },
-        "TargetTrackingScalingPolicyConfiguration": {
-          "PredefinedMetricSpecification": {
-            "PredefinedMetricType": "ECSServiceAverageCPUUtilization"
-          },
-          "TargetValue": 50
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingLowerPolicy332E2644": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy",
-      "Properties": {
-        "PolicyName": "awsecspatternsqueueQueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingLowerPolicy74582401",
-        "PolicyType": "StepScaling",
-        "ScalingTargetId": {
-          "Ref": "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetA9D54444"
-        },
-        "StepScalingPolicyConfiguration": {
-          "AdjustmentType": "ChangeInCapacity",
-          "MetricAggregationType": "Maximum",
-          "StepAdjustments": [
-            {
-              "MetricIntervalUpperBound": 0,
-              "ScalingAdjustment": -1
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingLowerAlarm20C30A06": {
-      "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
-      "Properties": {
-        "ComparisonOperator": "LessThanOrEqualToThreshold",
-        "EvaluationPeriods": 1,
-        "AlarmActions": [
-          {
-            "Ref": "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingLowerPolicy332E2644"
-          }
-        ],
-        "AlarmDescription": "Lower threshold scaling alarm",
-        "Dimensions": [
-          {
-            "Name": "QueueName",
-            "Value": {
-              "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                "QueueProcessingServiceEcsProcessingQueue552F0B37",
-                "QueueName"
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        ],
-        "MetricName": "ApproximateNumberOfMessagesVisible",
-        "Namespace": "AWS/SQS",
-        "Period": 300,
-        "Statistic": "Maximum",
-        "Threshold": 0
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingUpperPolicy84DD739A": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy",
-      "Properties": {
-        "PolicyName": "awsecspatternsqueueQueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingUpperPolicy23C5F983",
-        "PolicyType": "StepScaling",
-        "ScalingTargetId": {
-          "Ref": "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetA9D54444"
-        },
-        "StepScalingPolicyConfiguration": {
-          "AdjustmentType": "ChangeInCapacity",
-          "MetricAggregationType": "Maximum",
-          "StepAdjustments": [
-            {
-              "MetricIntervalLowerBound": 0,
-              "MetricIntervalUpperBound": 400,
-              "ScalingAdjustment": 1
-            },
-            {
-              "MetricIntervalLowerBound": 400,
-              "ScalingAdjustment": 5
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingUpperAlarm2660BEDF": {
-      "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm",
-      "Properties": {
-        "ComparisonOperator": "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold",
-        "EvaluationPeriods": 1,
-        "AlarmActions": [
-          {
-            "Ref": "QueueProcessingServiceQueueProcessingFargateServiceTaskCountTargetQueueMessagesVisibleScalingUpperPolicy84DD739A"
-          }
-        ],
-        "AlarmDescription": "Upper threshold scaling alarm",
-        "Dimensions": [
-          {
-            "Name": "QueueName",
-            "Value": {
-              "Fn::GetAtt": [
-                "QueueProcessingServiceEcsProcessingQueue552F0B37",
-                "QueueName"
-              ]
-            }
-          }
-        ],
-        "MetricName": "ApproximateNumberOfMessagesVisible",
-        "Namespace": "AWS/SQS",
-        "Period": 300,
-        "Statistic": "Maximum",
-        "Threshold": 100
-      }
-    },
-    "EcsDefaultClusterMnL3mNNYNVPC9C1EC7A3": {
-      "Type": "AWS::ECS::Cluster"
-    }
-  },
-  "Outputs": {
-    "QueueProcessingServiceSQSDeadLetterQueueE9058015": {
-      "Value": {
-        "Fn::GetAtt": [
-          "QueueProcessingServiceEcsProcessingDeadLetterQueueD47A7C6B",
-          "QueueName"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceSQSDeadLetterQueueArnF7C6D3A8": {
-      "Value": {
-        "Fn::GetAtt": [
-          "QueueProcessingServiceEcsProcessingDeadLetterQueueD47A7C6B",
-          "Arn"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceSQSQueue1AD9CD9C": {
-      "Value": {
-        "Fn::GetAtt": [
-          "QueueProcessingServiceEcsProcessingQueue552F0B37",
-          "QueueName"
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "QueueProcessingServiceSQSQueueArn8C4AE4AE": {
-      "Value": {
-        "Fn::GetAtt": [
-          "QueueProcessingServiceEcsProcessingQueue552F0B37",
-          "Arn"
-        ]
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-feature-flags.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-feature-flags.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d5c24f0ae6e..0000000000000
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-feature-flags.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import * as path from 'path';
-import * as ec2 from '@aws-cdk/aws-ec2';
-import * as ecs from '@aws-cdk/aws-ecs';
-import { App, Stack } from '@aws-cdk/core';
-import * as cxapi from '@aws-cdk/cx-api';
-
-import { QueueProcessingFargateService } from '../../lib';
-
-const app = new App();
-const stack = new Stack(app, 'aws-ecs-patterns-queue');
-stack.node.setContext(cxapi.ECS_REMOVE_DEFAULT_DESIRED_COUNT, true);
-
-const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'VPC', {
-  maxAzs: 2,
-});
-
-new QueueProcessingFargateService(stack, 'QueueProcessingService', {
-  vpc,
-  memoryLimitMiB: 512,
-  image: new ecs.AssetImage(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'sqs-reader')),
-});
-
-app.synth();
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-isolated.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-isolated.expected.json
index b1d88ed107154..6124fba473584 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-isolated.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-isolated.expected.json
@@ -903,7 +903,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
         "NetworkConfiguration": {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-public.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-public.expected.json
index fd8f791e3a868..de873260aa209 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-public.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service-public.expected.json
@@ -753,7 +753,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
         "NetworkConfiguration": {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service.expected.json
index 889eeefcd985e..6fbcb79ecfa00 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.queue-processing-fargate-service.expected.json
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
         "NetworkConfiguration": {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.special-listener.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.special-listener.expected.json
index 76e5e6a13aaf7..5075f6511573b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.special-listener.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecs-patterns/test/fargate/integ.special-listener.expected.json
@@ -539,7 +539,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",
@@ -826,7 +825,6 @@
           "MaximumPercent": 200,
           "MinimumHealthyPercent": 50
         },
-        "DesiredCount": 1,
         "EnableECSManagedTags": false,
         "HealthCheckGracePeriodSeconds": 60,
         "LaunchType": "FARGATE",