diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/.config/test/integration.ini b/apps/cic-ussd/.config/test/integration.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fc189e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/.config/test/integration.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[test]
+gift_value = 50.00
+server_url = http://localhost:63315/
+token_symbol = GFT
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/common.yaml b/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/common.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f958c7f6..00000000
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/common.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-name: values to be included/reused in tests.
-description: used for describing utils used across the entire test suite.
-variables:
-  test_token_symbol: "{tavern.env_vars.TEST_TOKEN_SYMBOL}"
-  test_gift_value: "{tavern.env_vars.TEST_GIFT_VALUE}"
-  test_server_url: "{tavern.env_vars.TEST_SERVER_URL}"
diff --git a/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/run.sh b/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/run.sh
index 0004f17f..031c9cbd 100644
--- a/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/run.sh
+++ b/apps/cic-ussd/tests/integration/run.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-if [ -z "$TEST_SERVER_URL" ];
-then
-    echo "The test server url is not set !"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$TEST_GIFT_VALUE" ];
-then
-    echo "The test gift value is not set !"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$TEST_TOKEN_SYMBOL" ];
-then
-    echo "The test token symbol is not set !"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 PYTHONPATH=. tavern-ci test_accounts.tavern.yaml --debug -vv --log-level debug -s --log-cli-level debug