diff --git a/pmm-tests/client_container_ms_setup.sh b/pmm-tests/client_container_ms_setup.sh
index b342df05..43fad7ae 100644
--- a/pmm-tests/client_container_ms_setup.sh
+++ b/pmm-tests/client_container_ms_setup.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ if [[ $number_of_nodes == 1 ]];then
       export db_sandbox=$(dbdeployer sandboxes | awk -F' ' '{print $1}')
       node_port=`dbdeployer sandboxes --header | grep ${db_version_sandbox} | grep 'group-single-primary' | awk -F'[' '{print $2}' | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`
       mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "ALTER USER 'msandbox'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'msandbox';"
-      mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "SET GLOBAL userstat=1;"
       mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_monitor_enable=all;"
       mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "UPDATE performance_schema.setup_consumers SET ENABLED = 'YES' WHERE NAME LIKE '%statements%';"
    else
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ if [[ $number_of_nodes == 1 ]];then
       export db_sandbox=$(dbdeployer sandboxes | awk -F' ' '{print $1}')
       node_port=`dbdeployer sandboxes --header | grep  ${db_version_sandbox} | grep 'single' | awk -F'[' '{print $2}' | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`
       mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "ALTER USER 'msandbox'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'msandbox';"
-      mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "SET GLOBAL userstat=1;"
       mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_monitor_enable=all;"
       mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "UPDATE performance_schema.setup_consumers SET ENABLED = 'YES' WHERE NAME LIKE '%statements%';"
       if [[ "${query_source}" == "slowlog" ]]; then
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ else
      export db_sandbox=$(dbdeployer sandboxes | awk -F' ' '{print $1}')
      node_port=`dbdeployer sandboxes --header | grep ${db_version_sandbox} | grep 'multiple' | awk -F'[' '{print $2}' | awk -F' ' '{print $1}'`
      mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "ALTER USER 'msandbox'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'msandbox';"
-     mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "SET GLOBAL userstat=1;"
      mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "SET GLOBAL innodb_monitor_enable=all;"
      mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u msandbox -pmsandbox --port $node_port -e "UPDATE performance_schema.setup_consumers SET ENABLED = 'YES' WHERE NAME LIKE '%statements%';"
      for j in `seq 1  $number_of_nodes`; do