diff --git a/src/Core/Settings.h b/src/Core/Settings.h
index b0d5c7abd49..f81e488f344 100644
--- a/src/Core/Settings.h
+++ b/src/Core/Settings.h
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class IColumn;
     M(ShortCircuitFunctionEvaluation, short_circuit_function_evaluation, ShortCircuitFunctionEvaluation::ENABLE, "Setting for short-circuit function evaluation configuration. Possible values: 'enable' - use short-circuit function evaluation for functions that are suitable for it, 'disable' - disable short-circuit function evaluation, 'force_enable' - use short-circuit function evaluation for all functions.", 0) \
     \
     M(String, local_filesystem_read_method, "pread", "Method of reading data from local filesystem, one of: read, pread, mmap, pread_threadpool.", 0) \
-    M(String, remote_filesystem_read_method, "read", "Method of reading data from remote filesystem, one of: read, threadpool.", 0) \
+    M(String, remote_filesystem_read_method, "threadpool", "Method of reading data from remote filesystem, one of: read, threadpool.", 0) \
     M(Bool, local_filesystem_read_prefetch, false, "Should use prefetching when reading data from local filesystem.", 0) \
     M(Bool, remote_filesystem_read_prefetch, true, "Should use prefetching when reading data from remote filesystem.", 0) \
     M(Int64, read_priority, 0, "Priority to read data from local filesystem. Only supported for 'pread_threadpool' method.", 0) \
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/configs/async_read.xml b/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/configs/async_read.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c421e35e4..00000000000
--- a/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/configs/async_read.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<yandex>
-    <profiles>
-        <default>
-            <remote_filesystem_read_method>threadpool</remote_filesystem_read_method>
-        </default>
-    </profiles>
-</yandex>
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/test.py b/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/test.py
index 55f760f514f..f80cccac1be 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_disk_over_web_server/test.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ def cluster():
         cluster.add_instance("node1", main_configs=["configs/storage_conf.xml"], with_nginx=True)
         cluster.add_instance("node2", main_configs=["configs/storage_conf_web.xml"], with_nginx=True)
         cluster.add_instance("node3", main_configs=["configs/storage_conf_web.xml"], with_nginx=True)
-        cluster.add_instance("node_async_read", main_configs=["configs/storage_conf_web.xml"], user_configs=["configs/async_read.xml"], with_nginx=True)
         cluster.start()
 
         node1 = cluster.instances["node1"]
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ def cluster():
         cluster.shutdown()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node2", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node2"])
 def test_usage(cluster, node_name):
     node1 = cluster.instances["node1"]
     node2 = cluster.instances[node_name]
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/configs/config.d/async_read.xml b/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/configs/config.d/async_read.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c421e35e4..00000000000
--- a/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/configs/config.d/async_read.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<yandex>
-    <profiles>
-        <default>
-            <remote_filesystem_read_method>threadpool</remote_filesystem_read_method>
-        </default>
-    </profiles>
-</yandex>
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/test.py b/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/test.py
index e99adf01ec5..b577d4a1405 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_merge_tree_s3/test.py
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ def cluster():
                              main_configs=["configs/config.d/storage_conf.xml",
                                            "configs/config.d/bg_processing_pool_conf.xml"],
                              with_minio=True)
-        cluster.add_instance("node_async_read",
-                             main_configs=["configs/config.d/storage_conf.xml",
-                                           "configs/config.d/bg_processing_pool_conf.xml"],
-                             user_configs=["configs/config.d/async_read.xml"],
-                             with_minio=True)
         logging.info("Starting cluster...")
         cluster.start()
         logging.info("Cluster started")
@@ -145,7 +140,7 @@ def wait_for_delete_s3_objects(cluster, expected, timeout=30):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node"])
 def drop_table(cluster, node_name):
     yield
     node = cluster.instances[node_name]
@@ -165,9 +160,7 @@ def drop_table(cluster, node_name):
     "min_rows_for_wide_part,files_per_part,node_name",
     [
         (0, FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_WIDE, "node"),
-        (8192, FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_COMPACT, "node"),
-        (0, FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_WIDE, "node_async_read"),
-        (8192, FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_COMPACT, "node_async_read")
+        (8192, FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_COMPACT, "node")
     ]
 )
 def test_simple_insert_select(cluster, min_rows_for_wide_part, files_per_part, node_name):
@@ -191,9 +184,7 @@ def test_simple_insert_select(cluster, min_rows_for_wide_part, files_per_part, n
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "merge_vertical,node_name", [
         (True, "node"),
-        (False, "node"),
-        (True, "node_async_read"),
-        (False, "node_async_read")
+        (False, "node")
 ])
 def test_insert_same_partition_and_merge(cluster, merge_vertical, node_name):
     settings = {}
@@ -235,7 +226,7 @@ def test_insert_same_partition_and_merge(cluster, merge_vertical, node_name):
     wait_for_delete_s3_objects(cluster, FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_WIDE + FILES_OVERHEAD)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node"])
 def test_alter_table_columns(cluster, node_name):
     node = cluster.instances[node_name]
     create_table(node, "s3_test")
@@ -264,7 +255,7 @@ def test_alter_table_columns(cluster, node_name):
     wait_for_delete_s3_objects(cluster, FILES_OVERHEAD + FILES_OVERHEAD_PER_PART_WIDE + 2)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node"])
 def test_attach_detach_partition(cluster, node_name):
     node = cluster.instances[node_name]
     create_table(node, "s3_test")
@@ -296,7 +287,7 @@ def test_attach_detach_partition(cluster, node_name):
     assert len(list(minio.list_objects(cluster.minio_bucket, 'data/'))) == FILES_OVERHEAD
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node"])
 def test_move_partition_to_another_disk(cluster, node_name):
     node = cluster.instances[node_name]
     create_table(node, "s3_test")
@@ -346,7 +337,7 @@ def test_table_manipulations(cluster, node_name):
     assert len(list(minio.list_objects(cluster.minio_bucket, 'data/'))) == FILES_OVERHEAD
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node"])
 def test_move_replace_partition_to_another_table(cluster, node_name):
     node = cluster.instances[node_name]
     create_table(node, "s3_test")
@@ -498,7 +489,7 @@ def test_s3_disk_restart_during_load(cluster, node_name):
         thread.join()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node", "node_async_read"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("node_name", ["node"])
 def test_s3_disk_reads_on_unstable_connection(cluster, node_name):
     node = cluster.instances[node_name]
     create_table(node, "s3_test", storage_policy='unstable_s3')