diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.reference
index b9992764c78..486259eae54 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.reference
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-0	0
-0	0
 1
 1
 1
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.sql
index 6aaa448403b..1a7a27ceb5d 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02994_sanity_check_settings.sql
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ SELECT
     repeat(toString(number), 5)
 FROM numbers(1);
 
-SELECT * APPLY max
-FROM data_02052_1_wide0__fuzz_48
-GROUP BY key
-WITH CUBE
-    SETTINGS max_read_buffer_size = 7, max_threads = 9223372036854775807;
+-- Disabled because even after reducing internally to "256 * getNumberOfPhysicalCPUCores()" threads it's too much for CI (or for anything running this many times in parallel)
+-- SELECT * APPLY max
+-- FROM data_02052_1_wide0__fuzz_48
+-- GROUP BY key
+-- WITH CUBE
+-- SETTINGS max_read_buffer_size = 7, max_threads = 9223372036854775807;
 
 SELECT zero + 1 AS x
 FROM system.zeros LIMIT 10